But it is PRONACO’s demand that at least 50% of the oil revenue derived from the Niger delta and other states in the south be retained in the area of production that most threatens the survival of the country’s survival as a united entity. The Biafra war was largely an oil war, prosecuted by northern officers and politicians to win back the delta oil fields from the Igbo.
但国民会议组织提出尼日尔三角洲和其它各南方州石油收入的50%以上要留在产地，这对作为总体的国家的生存构成了最大的威胁。比夫拉战争很大程度上是北方官员和政治家发动的一场石油战争，目的是从伊博人手中夺回三角洲油田。而面对着企图夺走这种闪光奖赏的新的图谋，北方精英们也不太可能坐以待毙。