Delta “militants” weren’t militants

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Confusion Trails Arrest of Niger Delta Militants By Military

By Senator Iroegbu and Emmanuel Addeh

Yenagoa — There was confusion monday over the purported arrest of five suspected members of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) by the Nigerian military in connection with the destruction of several oil and gas platforms in the region.

While the Defence Headquarters has confirmed the arrests, leaders of Gbaramatu, an Ijaw community in the Niger Delta, kicked against the rounding up of the persons, insisting that the “suspects” were Chevron contract workers on duty at the time.

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Source: allafrica.com