Thursday 4 April 2013

MEND threatens to resume attacks in Niger Delta on Friday

The militant group is angered by the jailing of Henry Okah in South Africa.
There was palpable tension in many parts of the Niger Delta as
speculations became rife on Wednesday that a militant group in the
region, the Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, could
resume attacks in the country on Friday.
Media reports quote MEND as saying in a statement signed by its
spokesman, Gbomo Jomo, that it would commence a series of attacks in
the country, codenamed "Hurricane Exodus", at midnight on Friday.
The statement describes the planned attacks as "a direct repercussion
of a forged threat letter contrived by the Nigerian and South African
governments purporting to have originated from MEND".
"The attacks will commence 00:00 Hrs, Friday 05, April 2013 and will
be sustained until an unreserved apology is offered to MEND and the
Nigerian government shows their willingness to dialogue," Gbomo is
reported to have said in the statement.
MEND said the fake threat letter was used as evidence against their
leader, Henry Okah, who was sentenced to 24 years imprisonment by a
South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Shortly after Justice Neels Claaseen of the South Guateng High Court
in South Africa sentenced Henry Okah to 24 years in prison for his
alleged role in the October 1, 2010 bombing incident in Abuja, the
group had issued a statement rejecting the sentence.
In the statement signed by "Comrade Azizi," MEND described the
sentence as "the height of injustice to our region and people, which
will be resisted by all means necessary."
Mr. Okah, as leader of MEND, was found guilty of masterminding the
October 1, 2010 bombing in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, and an earlier
one in Delta State.

When will all these stop in our country Nigeria.

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