Niger Delta Vigilante

Nigerian secessionist militia

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Niger Delta Vigilante

Leaders| Ateke Tom
Dates of operation| 2003–2009
Headquarters| unknown
Active regions| Niger Delta
Ideology| Secession from Nigeria
Size| 4,000
Opponents|  Nigeria
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta
Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force
Joint Revolutionary Council
Battles and wars| Conflict in the Niger Delta

Preceded by
Ijaw Youth Council

The Niger Delta Vigilante (abbreviated NDV) is an armed militia group in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The NDV is led by Ateke Tom. The group is composed primarily by ethnic Ijaws from in and around Port Harcourt and their main goal is controlling the area's vast oil resources.[1] In late 2003 the NDV precipitated a conflict with their rival Ijaw ethnic militia, the Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF). The two groups spent most of 2004 in an escalating conflict which was ended when the Nigerian government and military eventually intervened on the side of the NDV in summer of 2004.[2] The government's support of the NDV would eventually precipitate the Nigerian oil crisis, beginning in October 2004.

## See also

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* Petroleum in Nigeria

## References

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1. ^ Understanding the Armed Groups of the Niger Delta (PDF) (Report). Council on Foreign Relations. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 31, 2023. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
2. ^ "Criminal Violence and Human Rights Abuses Against the Local Population in 2004". Human Rights Watch. January 2005. Archived from the original on June 15, 2023.

## External links

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* Official website of The Niger Delta Vigilante (NDV)[permanent dead link] (broken link)

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Nigerian militant groups

* Ansaru
* Arewa People's Congress
* Bakassi Boys
* Bakassi Movement for Self-Determination
* Boko Haram
* Civilian Joint Task Force
* Egbesu Boys
* Igbo Peoples Congress
* Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta
* Niger Delta Avengers
* Niger Delta Liberation Front
* Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force
* Niger Delta Vigilante
* Oodua Peoples Congress
* Yan Tatsine

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