Article: 18 Soldiers Still Missing, Says JTF.

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This Day (Nigeria)
Article date:
May 26, 2009
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Byline: Omon-Julius Onabu

Commander of the military Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, Major-General Sakin Yaki Bello, has denied that a Lieutenant-Colonel was killed in the ongoing face-off between his men and militants in the creeks of the region.

Speaking with newsmen in Effurun, Warri yesterday, Bello, however, admitted that 18 JTF personnel were still missing as a result of the military offensive against the militants in Oporoza, Okerenkoko, Kukudiagbene and other communities in Gbaramatu Kingdom of Delta State.

Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Michael Aondoakaa had said one Lieutenant-Colonel, one Colonel, ...

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