Nigeria: Probe Source of Militants' Weapons, PDP Chieftain Tasks FG

25 August 2007

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain, Chief Sonny Iroche, has called on the federal government to probe the source of sophisticated weapon used by militants in the Niger Delta.

Iroche, a founding member of the PDP, also said that some of the militants were armed by politicians to intimidate their opponents.

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