Government Approval, Joint Military Patrol, Riverine Communities, Residents Flee, Arrest Fear, Security Measures, Raids on Strongholds, Rebel Leader Killed, Federal Government Plans, Elimination of Leaders

PM News . 20 September 2004 . Pg 1

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The Nigerian government has approved a joint military patrol of creeks in Ondo State following renewed attacks on riverine communities. Residents have fled a village in Lagos State due to fear of arrest, and rebels in Rivers State may have been killed in a raid by the military. The leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has alleged that the federal government plans to kill him and another prominent Igbo leader.

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The Nigerian government has approved a joint military patrol of creeks in Ondo State following renewed attacks on riverine communities. Residents have fled a village in Lagos State due to fear of arrest, and rebels in Rivers State may have been killed in a raid by the military. The leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has alleged that the federal government plans to kill him and another prominent Igbo leader.