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 ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - A leader of the militant group behind attacks on Nigeria's oil industry was released from prison Thursday, a gesture seen as a peace offering by a new government that has vowed to make the crisis a priority.
Mujahid Dokubo-Asari's release was a key demand of the main militant group in the Niger Delta region, where attacks on oil installations and kidnappings of foreigners have cut Nigeria's oil production and helped raise global crude prices.
Dokubo-Asari, freed on bail, told cheering supporters who greeted him after a year and a half behind bars that he would continue to agitate for greater autonomy and oil riches for his impoverished region.
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