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Vanguard (Lagos)Militants in Rivers state are embracing the presidential amnesty. No fewer than eighty have so far gone for it. Some of them are Solomon Degbara a.k.a Osama Bin Laden, Soboma George and their boys.
According to a police source, even some youths that had been declared wanted for robbery operations have joined the long list of those showing up for the amnesty.
Lagos/Abuja/ - A total of 80 Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) cargoes, each worth about $15 million ($1.2 billion) has reportedly gone down the drain, following the closure of Shell-operated Soku Gas plant nine months ago.
Soku Gas plant, located at Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State, suffered an attack on its feeder last year. The attackers, suspected to be militants, drilled holes on the pipelines in order to steal condensates.
Daily Independent (Lagos)
Lagos - Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State has faulted the comment by former Chief of General Staff, Mike Akhigbe, that the surrendering of arms by militants in exchange for amnesty is a public relations gimmick.
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When the Commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta, Major-General Sarkin Yarkin-Bello told newsmen in May shortly after the task force commenced its aborted Cordon and Search operation in Gbaramatu kingdom of Delta State that the task force had uncovered information that the leader of Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) is Government Ekpemupolo, the leader of the militant group, Camp 5 in Gbaramatu kingdom of Delta State.
Militants in Rivers state are embracing the presidential amnesty. No fewer than eighty have so far gone for it. Some of them are Solomon Degbara a.k.a Osama Bin Laden, Soboma George and their boys.
According to a police source, even some youths that had been declared wanted for robbery operations have joined the long list of those showing up for the amnesty.
This Day (Lagos)Defence Minister, Major General Godwin Abbe (rtd), and Governor Timi-pre Sylva of Bayelsa State have spoken out forcefully against threat of renewed attacks by the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) at the end of the 60 days amnesty offered by the Federal Government.
Leadership (Abuja)Yenagoa - The Chairman, Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State , Mr. Donald Daunimigher, yesterday intensified campaign along the waterways and creeks of the state asking the militants to embrace the amnesty programme like their colleagues in other parts of the Niger Delta.
Leadership (Abuja)Abuja - The Federal Government yesterday warned the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) not to contemplate any further attack on any oil facility in the country.
Government said it will not watch the continous suffering of women and children in the area because of the activities of the militants.
Defence Minister, Major General Godwin Abbe (rtd), and Governor Timi-pre Sylva of Bayelsa State have spoken out forcefully against threat of renewed attacks by the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) at the end of the 60 days amnesty offered by the Federal Government.
Leadership (Abuja)
Yenagoa - The Chairman, Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State , Mr. Donald Daunimigher, yesterday intensified campaign along the waterways and creeks of the state asking the militants to embrace the amnesty programme like their colleagues in other parts of the Niger Delta.