From The Wall Street Journal:CAMP FIVE, Nigeria -- From this small cluster of blue-roofed houses at the confluence of the Escravos River and Chanomi Creek, a militant named Government Ekpemupolo got rich.
Many oil and cargo vessels going to the port of Warri paid protection money to Mr. Ekpemupolo, according to Nigerian military officials, local militants, and employees of oil companies operating in the area. Mr. Ekpemupolo controlled Camp Five -- a former construction-company site taken over by militants a few years ago. Those who didn't pay were often accosted by militants, in speedboats mounted with machine guns, who would demand money or abduct their crews.
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