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Yoruba Manipulate Amnesty International: Seek to Link Port Harcourt Violence to
Terrorism
Amnesty International yesterday linked
the killings and what has been described as cult violence in Port Harcourt, Rivers State to the presence of terrorist
groups in BiafraNigeria and urged the government to clamp down on them before it is too late. No fewer than 80
people have been reported killed by rampaging militia men and cultists in recent times in different parts of Rivers
State especially Port Harcourt. The armed gangs raid mostly drinking joints in the state capital, killing people
and torching houses. Asari Dokubo, leader of one of the militia groups involved in the violence said in an interview
published in the latest edition of The News magazine that the most wanted international terrrorist, Osama bin Laden,
was his hero. But yesterday Amnesty International, BiafraNigeria (Group 17) said it had observed an ugly trend
in violence by organised groups, especially ethnic based organisations and expressed apprehension that what may
be termed communal violence by ethnic militia groups today may snowball into a severe security threat in the future.
"We use this occasion to... (This
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 The State Security Service may arrest the Ikemba
Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu-Ojukwu, for declining an invitation to appear for a chat at its headquarters in
Abuja. A top source in SSS who spoke with our correspondent on Tuesday said the security agency would have no option
but to arrest the former Biafran... (Punch)
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 Ikemba Nnewi, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu,
yesterday refused to honour the invitation by the State Security Service (SSS) for him to meet with its director
in Abuja. Ojukwu, however, said he took the decision out of fear for his life because he has information that the
Federal... (This Day)
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