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Article: Armed violence paralyzes business activities in southern Nigeria
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- May 3, 2003
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Armed violence paralyzes business activities in southern Nigeria
LAGOS, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Business activities had been paralyzed
abruptly in oil-rich Warri in Nigeria's southern state of Delta
following the invasion of the area by a suspected Ijaw militia group,
a military source said Saturday.
The invasion in an attempt to disrupt Saturday's state assembly
election started Friday but aborted by the combined team of the
Nigerian Navy, Army and Police personnel, added the source.
According to the source, the security team had been on red alert
since Thursday night in their effort to contain the group.
He said they had kept vigil till 9 a.m. (2000 GMT) on Friday when
the militia group, ...