Nigeria: Military Tackles Militants in Air, Sea, Ground Battle
Mon, 15th Sep 2008 16:04:34
Barely two days after the creation of a ministry for the Niger Delta region, a militant group yesterday engaged men of the Joint Task Force in a full-fledged armed offensive. Reports indicated that men of the JTF might have begun a full-blown campaign to dislodge the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, militants from the Niger Delta area. The clash took place in Degema, a riverine community in Rivers State, yesterday. According to reports, the offensive involved both ground and aeriel battle.
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