...[The] rising profile [of Ijaw militia leader Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari] says much about the way the Delta is being choked by a violent and corrupt web of relationships between oil multinationals, government officials, smugglers, ethnic fighters and local communities...Boma Briggs, a community leader, explains that oil production has brought nothing except pollution, making it harder to catch fish. [refers to Shell]