Renewed violence in the Niger-Delta signals that some repentant militants still have an axe to grind with government.
IN SPITE of the out-of-the-way attacks on oil installations and kidnapping of oil workers by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND, notably in Akwa-Ibom and Bayelsa states, after Henry Okah and his brother, Charles, were arrested in South Africa and Nigeria respectively for the October 1 twin -bomb blasts in Abuja, not much consideration was given to the return of militancy to the region until Friday, November 12.
Before that date, it was assumed that some reckless militants and former militants alike were being used by MEND to ambush the post-amnesty programme because the particular interests of the group were not catered for. With the trial of the Okahs and probe by the State Security Service, SSS, there was hope that the remaining renegades would soon be reined in.
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