LAGOS, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The main militant group in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta said on Wednesday it was monitoring developments after Vice President Goodluck Jonathan assumed presidential powers, but declined to comment further.
"We are monitoring the unfolding drama and will react at the appropriate time," the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said in an email to Reuters.
The group last month said it was ending a unilateral ceasefire and threatened renewed attacks on Africa's biggest oil and gas industry amid delays to an amnesty programme caused partly by the absence of President Umaru Yar'Adua. (For more Reuters Africa coverage and to have your say on the top issues, visit: af.reuters.com/ ) (Reporting by Nick Tattersall; Editing by Matthew Tostevin)
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