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President Orders Security Alert in Niger Delta

Nigeria First (Abuja)
NEWS
December 22, 2005
Posted to the web December 22, 2005
Abuja
President Olusegun Obasanjo on 22 December ordered that all defence and
security personnel in the Niger Delta be placed in a state of "high alert".
The President gave the order at a meeting with senior members of the nation's
security and intelligence communities.
The meeting was called to review the security situation in the Niger Delta
following two pipelines explosions in the region in the past few days.
Whilst addressing security chiefs at the meeting, President Obasanjo reaffirmed
the determination of the Federal Government to provide adequate protection for
persons and oil installations in the Niger Delta.
"We will not abandon this country to brigands. Criminals must be chased, caught
and punished", he told the defence and security chiefs.

   

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