The Ijaw people feel excluded from local government which is run, with the blessing of the government, by another and rival ethnic group.
ECONOMIST: Nigeria
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Chief Broderick Bozimo said the traditional rulers of the Ijaw and Itsekiri ethnic groups were not doing enough to put an end to the inter-ethnic hostilities.
BBC: Clashes in oil rich Nigerian area
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On May 30th, the day after Mr Obasanjo was sworn in as president, militant Ijaw youths in the delta attacked Itsekiri villages just across the water from a large Chevron oil plant.