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This Day (Lagos)Port Harcourt - Twenty-four hours after members of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) attacked the Central Police Station in Port Harcourt to secure the release of their detained leader, Sobomabo George, the state police command yesterday said it lost 125 detainees in the process to the militants. The detainees, according to the police command, were forcefully released from its cells by the militants.
Vanguard (Lagos)Port Harcourt - THE Sunday shooting in Port Harcourt to release a detainee, Soboma George in Police custody by MEND has been viewed as sad and a deviation from the true agitations of the Niger-Delta.
Lamenting the incident which claimed two innocent lives and led to wanton destruction of properties in the capital city, a militant group, Coalition For Militant Action, said the release of detained Asari Dokubo would bring an end to these hostilities in the region.
Vanguard (Lagos)Lagos - SEVERAL factors have informed the necessity to take the discourse of the conflict in the Niger-Delta to the public domain. Of course, there have been several attempts to sensitise the government and people of Nigeria to the policies and industrial activities which portend to disconnect the territory and peoples of the Niger- Delta from the human family. We shall find together in the following weeks that this is no exaggeration; members of our movement are gratified by the resolve of the Editorial Board of the Vanguard to provide space for the publication of the articulated grievances and aspirations behind the Niger-Delta Struggle.
Port Harcourt — Twenty-four hours after members of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) attacked the Central Police Station in Port Harcourt to secure the release of their detained leader, Sobomabo George, the state police command yesterday said it lost 125 detainees in the process to the militants. The detainees, according to the police command, were forcefully released from its cells by the militants.
Port Harcourt — THE Sunday shooting in Port Harcourt to release a detainee, Soboma George in Police custody by MEND has been viewed as sad and a deviation from the true agitations of the Niger-Delta.
Lamenting the incident which claimed two innocent lives and led to wanton destruction of properties in the capital city, a militant group, Coalition For Militant Action, said the release of detained Asari Dokubo would bring an end to these hostilities in the region.
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Lagos — SEVERAL factors have informed the necessity to take the discourse of the conflict in the Niger-Delta to the public domain. Of course, there have been several attempts to sensitise the government and people of Nigeria to the policies and industrial activities which portend to disconnect the territory and peoples of the Niger- Delta from the human family. We shall find together in the following weeks that this is no exaggeration; members of our movement are gratified by the resolve of the Editorial Board of the Vanguard to provide space for the publication of the articulated grievances and aspirations behind the Niger-Delta Struggle.
This Day (Lagos)Port Harcourt - No fewer than five persons were feared dead and several others wounded yesterday afternoon in Port Harcourt metropolis, Rivers State, in a clash between Nigeria Police personnel and militants. The incident also left the Central Police Station in the town razed down, eight cars burnt, 15 others smashed at the State Investigation and Intelligence Bureau (SIIB) while detainees were freed by the militants.
Vanguard (Lagos)Port Harcourt - PORT Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, was yesterday practically turned into a theatre of war after some people suspected to be supporters of a militant, Soboma George, went on a shooting spree throwing residents into panic. At least one person was killed while several others were wounded in the shooting.
Vanguard (Lagos)Lagos - PRESIDENT Obasanjo last week opened a war of rhetoric with Niger Delta militants when he lashed out at them for fostering the hostage crisis that has become intractable, in the guise of drawing attention to the deprivations of the people of the zone. Obasanjo, speaking as the convener of Stakeholders Forum on Socio-Economic Development of the Coastal states of Niger Delta said " hostage taking is no longer a means of addressing grievances, it is a criminal act. It is not an act of agitation, it is not as a result of marginalisation or lack of opportunity to express their opinion that is making them take other people hostage, and it simply is an act of criminality that should be treated."
Daily Champion (Lagos)Port Harcourt - AN unidentified church worshipper was shot dead in Port Harcourt, Rivers State yesterday as 60 gunmen invaded the Borokiri area of the city shooting indiscriminately and setting buildings ablaze.
The gunmen who stormed the Port Harcourt Prison about noon attempted to forcibly secure the release of their leader, Mr Soboma George whom they believed was in the custody of the police.