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Article: Nigerian gov't reiterates commitment to peace in Niger Delta
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- July 15, 2009
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Nigerian gov't reiterates commitment to peace in Niger Delta
LAGOS, July 15 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian federal government on
Wednesday reiterated its commitment to a peaceful resolution of the
Niger Delta crisis in spite of Monday's attack on the Atlas Cove
Jetty in Lagos by the militants, the News Agency of Nigeria
reported.
Michael Aondoakaa, Nigeria's minister of Justice disclosed this
while speaking with newsmen in Abuja.
He said the action of the militants on Monday was diversionary
and provocative even when efforts were on to release their leader
jailed Henry Okah from prison custody.
He said the Nigerian federal government will not take any
military action against the militants ...