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12/12/2007

Yenagoa — The Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger Delta and men of the Bayelsa state police command yesterday said they have arrested two suspects in connection with the abduction of the father of the deputy governor of Bayelsa State, Pa Simeon Ebebi on Monday

12/11/2007

Yenagoa — SUSPECTED militants yesterday invaded the residence of Bayelsa state deputy governor's father, King Simeon Ebebi, in Aleibiri, Ekeremor local government area, and kidnapped the 75-year-old monarch. The attack came barely four days after some militant groups in the Niger Delta signed a peace agreement with the state government. The accord brokered by the Federal Government was however denounced by the Movement For the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND).

12/11/2007

Lagos — TWO persons have been arrested in connection with the abduction of Bayelsa State Deputy Governor's father, King Simon Ebebi, just as the Commander of the Joint Task Force, Major General Lawrence Ngubane, yesterday, held a closed door meeting with the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Julian Okpaleke, at the state command headquarters in Yenagoa.

12/10/2007

Lagos — THE peace accord signed last Thursday by militants in Bayelsa State was violated violently yesterday when gunmen invaded the riverine settlement of Aleibiri and abducted the father of the state Deputy Governor, Chief Simon Ebebi, the Alei of Aleibiri kingdom.

12/09/2007

Port Harcourt — Peace in the Niger Delta may still be long in coming as the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) yesterday disowned the peace agreement the federal and Bayelsa State governments signed with some militants last week in Yanogoa.

12/05/2007

International Crisis Group (Brussels) press release Dakar/Brussels — Nigeria’s President Umaru Yar’Adua needs to act decisively to keep violence in the oil-rich Niger Delta from escalating and spreading.

12/04/2007

Port Harcourt — The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta [MEND] has demanded for the creation of two new states in the Niger Delta Region. The demand was contained in a press statement signed by the spokesperson for the militant group, Cynthia Whyte, and made available to Daily Champion.