US "Spy" Arrested in Niger Delta

It was reported that a well-known aid worker has been arrested in the troubled Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria. It was confirmed by security officials that they had detained Judith Burdin Asuni and two German nationals. They are suspected of spying, the newspaper reports suggested. They were said to have been filming masked youths from the Ijaw community in Delta State. Delta militants have been conducting a violent campaign for the oil-rich area to get a larger share of the oil money. She is married to a Nigerian and has lived in the region for more than a decade.