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Article: VOA NEWS: HEAVY SECURITY IN PORT HARCOURT, AS NIGERIAN MILITANTS STEP-UP ATTACKS

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September 15, 2008
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The Voice of America issued the following story:

By Joe De Capua / Chinedu Offor

The ongoing violence in Nigeria's Niger Delta region has had a major effect on life in the main commercial city of Port Harcourt. Reporter Chinedu Offor is there and discussed the situation with English to Africa Service's Joe De Capua.

"You can say the city of Port Harcourt is on edge, but it's also a city on lockdown. I drove into Port Harcourt from the neighboring state of Imo.

It's a distance of about an hour and 30 minutes by road and I counted no less than 20 checkpoints manned by heavily armed police and troops. Within the city of Port Harcourt itself there are sandbags protecting government ...

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