A man washes himself with river water outside his home on the banks of the Nun River on the outskirts of the Bayelsa state capital, Yenagoa, in Nigeria's delta region October 8, 2015. Tensions are building in the swampland of the Niger Delta as an amnesty that aimed to bring stability to Nigeria's volatile southern region is due to expire at the end of the year. While the region's towns and cities are mostly calm, local residents say kidnappings and armed robberies are on the increase in the mangrove swamps, where most oil wells are located. Former military ruler and Muslim northerner President Muhammadu Buhari said in his inauguration speech in May that he might "streamline" the amnesty, implemented in 2009 by his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, a Christian like most of the Delta population. The deal aimed to pacify militants fighting for a greater share of oil revenues in Africa's biggest crude producer. At risk are payouts worth $300 million a year to 30,000 youths, money designed to discourage them from blowing up pipelines or kidnapping oil workers in a region where basic services are almost non-existent. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)





A woman hangs out clothes on a rope outside her home on the shore of the Nun River in the Bayelsa state capital, Yenagoa, in Nigeria's delta region October 8, 2015. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)





Children walk along a pedestrian bridge over a creek in Ikarama village on the outskirts of the Bayelsa state capital, Yenagoa, in Nigeria's delta region October 8, 2015. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)





A woman carries her child as she hangs out washing outside her home in Ikarama village on the outskirts of the Bayelsa state capital, Yenagoa, in Nigeria's delta region October 8, 2015. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)





A boy holding a cutlass stands in a street in Ikarama village on the outskirts of the Bayelsa state capital, Yenagoa, in Nigeria's delta region October 8, 2015. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)





Children return from school in the mid-morning, in Ikarama village on the outskirts of the Bayelsa state capital, Yenagoa, in Nigeria's delta region October 8, 2015. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)





A woman holds a doll as she carries her child on her back in front of her home in Yeneka village on the outskirts of the Bayelsa state capital, Yenagoa, in Nigeria's delta region October 8, 2015. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)





Future Peter, 20, stands for a portrait photograph outside his home in Ikarama village on the outskirts of the Bayelsa state capital, Yenagoa, in Nigeria's delta region October 8, 2015. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)





A wired switch is seen nailed to the wall outside a mud house in Ikarama village on the outskirts of the Bayelsa state capital, Yenagoa, in Nigeria's delta region October 8, 2015. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)





Deputy community chief of Yeneka village Douglas Oguta poses for a portrait in his home on the outskirts of the Bayelsa state capital, Yenagoa, in Nigeria's delta region October 8, 2015. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)





A shelf containing electronics items, including two televisions, is seen inside a mud house in Ikarama village on the outskirts of the Bayelsa state capital, Yenagoa, in Nigeria's delta region October 8, 2015. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)





A building belonging to the father of Nigeria's former petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke is seen in Yeneka village on the outskirts of the Bayelsa state capital, Yenagoa, in Nigeria's delta region October 8, 2015. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)





A signboard campaigning for state governor Seriake Dickson is seen hung on a bridge in the Bayelsa state capital, Yenagoa, in Nigeria's delta region October 8, 2015. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)





A man walks near a 'No Parking sign' placed behind a line of three-wheeled vehicles outside a police station in the Bayelsa state capital, Yenagoa, in Nigeria's delta region October 7, 2015. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)





A man rides a motorcycle with a cart through Ikarama village on the outskirts of the Bayelsa state capital, Yenagoa, in Nigeria's delta region October 8, 2015. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)





Women peel cassava pods outside a local kitchen in Yeneka village on the outskirts of the Bayelsa state capital, Yenagoa, in Nigeria's delta region October 8, 2015. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)





A boy fries cassava grains in a tray on a locally made firewood stove in Ikarama village on the outskirts of the Bayelsa state capital, Yenagoa, in Nigeria's delta region October 8, 2015. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)





A signboard advertising church service programmes is seen along a road leading to Ikarama village on the outskirt of the Bayelsa state capital, Yenagoa, in Nigeria's delta region October 8, 2015. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)





Boys paddle a canoe near the shore of the Nun River in Yeneka village in Nigeria's Bayelsa state October 8, 2015. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)





A petrol attendant sits on a floating fuel station on the banks of the Nun River on the outskirts of the Bayelsa state capital, Yenagoa, in Nigeria's delta region October 8, 2015. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)





A woman paddles a canoe at Swali jetty on the Nun River on the outskirts of the Bayelsa state capital, Yenagoa, in Nigeria's delta region October 8, 2015. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)





A boy stands on abandoned oil pipes as he washes clothes in a bucket in Yeneka village on the outskirts of the Bayelsa state capital, Yenagoa, in Nigeria's delta region October 8, 2015. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)





People ride in canoes and speedboats at Swali jetty near the banks of the Nun River on the outskirts of the Bayelsa state capital, Yenagoa, in Nigeria's delta region October 8, 2015. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)





A church minaret is seen behind houses built near the banks of the Nun River on the outskirts of the Bayelsa state capital, Yenagoa, in Nigeria's delta region October 8, 2015. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)