NIGERIAN MILITANT LEADER FREED
Jul 14th, 2009 by admin
Henry Okah, the leader of the main rebel movement in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger River, has been released from jail. The country’s Attorney General Michael Aondoakaa withdrew all charges of treason and gun-running against him. The move came after President Umaru Yar’Adua announced an amnesty for the rebels last month. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta – which had made the release a condition for ending the armed rebellion – has praised the release and said it is open to talks. It had earlier intensified attacks against oil installations since the military began an offensive against its positions.
