Article: 12 Missing Soldiers - Tension Mounts as JTF, Militants Square Off.

Byline: Muhammad Bello

Prior to May 14 when the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta region launched its search and rescue operations still raging in Warri and the creeks surrounding it, the military had seized a vessel belonging to Government Ekpomupolo (aka Tom Polo), the dreaded wealthy leader of the shadowy but strong Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND).

Polo was said to have used his contacts within the military to seek for the release of his vessel. It was said that his entreaties were rebuffed and he became angry. To register his case, militants from his camp ambushed a military convoy on May 13. This infuriated ...

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