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Government troops will not attack militants in the Delta region as part of a deal struck by the state governor to release foreign hostages, the government has confirmed.
The release of three hostages at 4 am yesterday morning came after the Delta State governor, James Ibori, promised gunmen that troops would not pursue the rebel Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND). The government does not want to provoke attacks on the valuable oil extraction infrastructure, Information Minister Frank Mweke Jnr, said yesterday.
Warri — ALL the fears, anxieties and tension generated by the continued
holding of the three oil workers left with Ijaw youths evaporated at
2.55a.m yesterday when the trio stepped out of the creeks into freedom.
Cody Oswald, Russell Spell (both Americans) and John Hudspith had been
in captivity for 37 days, 27 days after the six others abducted with
them were released by the militants.
Vanguard (Lagos)Warri - THERE were high expectations yesterday that the three remaining
hostages -- two Americans and a Briton -- held by militants of the
Movemnet for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) may be released
anytime from now.
Vanguard (Lagos)Warri - IN SPITE of the reported agreement by Niger Delta militants to
release the three hostages in the next few days, there is still worry
in their camp that the Federal Government may launch an attack against
them after the release and that has raised a fresh anxiety in their
fold.
Warri — Armed militants in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta on Monday freed
three remaining foreign hostages held captive for five weeks, but vowed
to continue attacks on oil installations.
The hostages, two Americans and one Briton, were released to local
leaders of the main ethnic Ijaw group on Monday morning and handed over
to the Delta state governor James Ibori at dawn, the governor's
spokesman said.
Warri — IN SPITE of the reported agreement by Niger Delta militants to
release the three hostages in the next few days, there is still worry
in their camp that the Federal Government may launch an attack against
them after the release and that has raised a fresh anxiety in their
fold.
Vanguard (Lagos)MILITARY authorities at the weekend, explained that the removal of
Brigadier General Elias Zamani, commander of the Joint Security Task
Force for the Niger Delta, 'Operation Restore Hope', was not as a
result of his failure to contain acts of hostage taking but a normal
routine posting.
This Day (Lagos)Port Harcourt - Militants who are still holding three foreign oil workers hostage in the troubled Niger Delta region have alleged that plans by agents of the Federal Government are on to poison the leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volun-teer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo who is facing treasonable charges in an Abuja High Court.
MILITARY authorities at the weekend, explained that the removal of
Brigadier General Elias Zamani, commander of the Joint Security Task
Force for the Niger Delta, 'Operation Restore Hope', was not as a
result of his failure to contain acts of hostage taking but a normal
routine posting.
Port Harcourt — Militants who are still holding three foreign oil workers hostage in the troubled Niger Delta region have alleged that plans by agents of the Federal Government are on to poison the leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volun-teer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo who is facing treasonable charges in an Abuja High Court.