Nigeria: Commissioner, Lawmaker Arrested Over Ogoni Cult Clashes

19 August 2006

Port Harcourt — There were indications yesterday that the State Security Service (SSS) has arrested the Commissioner for Finance in Rivers State, Mr. Kenneth Kobani and member of the State House f Assembly, Hon Gabriel Pidomson over the constant cult clashes in Bodo, Gokana Local Government area where more than 12 people have lost their lives.

Although the SSS would neither confirm nor deny their arrests, a source among the service warned that journalists should keep of the trail of the duo as they knew that no information would come from them.

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