By Dulue Mbachu and Tony Tamuno
Jan. 12 (Bloomberg) — Nigerian gunmen kidnapped three Britons and a Colombian working for Royal Dutch Shell Plc during an ambush at Obehi, near the West African nations oil hub of Port Harcourt, police said.
Their police escort was shot dead and the driver was shot and injured, Rita Inoma-Abbey, a police spokeswoman, said in a telephone interview today from Port Harcourt. Weve sent our men after them.
A 2 million naira ($13,250) reward is being offered for information that will assist police with the rescue of the expatriates and arrest of the criminals, she said. The driver is in a critical condition following the attack, which happened at 7:15 a.m. local time while the four were on their way to work, Inoma-Abbey said. No ransom has yet been demanded.
David Williams, a spokesman at The Hague-based Shell, said he couldnt immediately comment on the abductions. Violence by armed groups, including those seeking more local control of oil wealth, has cut more than 20 percent of Nigerias oil exports since 2006 and deterred fresh investments in the country, which vies with Angola as Africas leading oil exporter.
Thousands of fighters and their leaders accepted an amnesty offer by President Umaru YarAdua last year after the government promised to rehabilitate the fighters and address the grievances of local communities. Shell, Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp., Total SA and Eni SpA operate joint ventures for the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. in the region.
To contact the reporter on this story: Dulue Mbachu in Lagos at [email protected]; Tony Tamuno in Port Harcourt via Johannesburg on [email protected]
Last Updated: January 12, 2010 07:58 EST
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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