PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA (AP) -- Nigeria's military says it has arrested a senior member of the country's most potent militant group in connection with attacks on oil facilities in the troubled Niger delta.
An army spokesman says that (Sobomabo Jachrich) the commander of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta was arrested by soldiers late Sunday in Rivers State.
He says investigations are underway but gave no further details.
Nigeria is Africa's top oil producer but its lawless southern region is plagued by kidnappings, pipeline explosions and the theft of crude oil by armed groups.
Militants say they want more petroleum funds to be spent developing their impoverished lands.
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