Niger Delta militants block North-South route


Hundreds of former Niger Delta militants blocked one of the key routes linking the North and the South near Lokoja as they headed to Abuja to stage a protest yesterday, causing a traffic gridlock for many hours.


The militants said they were on their way to Abuja to protest what they called non-implementation of the amnesty programme and to also ask the Federal Government to begin the implementation or else they would take arms and return to the creeks.

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