Nigeria: Tension Mounts Over Killing By JTF Soldiers

1 October 2007

Port Harcourt — Palpable tension has enve-loped Ikata and Ochigba communities in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State following the killing of a youth, Azhioluka Herbert Aloni (25), and the wounding of several others by the Joint Task Force (JTF) allegedly called in by Nestoil Nigeria Limited working on pipelines in the area.

However, Spokesman of the JTF, Major Musa, said the soldiers shot in self defence when they were surrounded and outnumbered by the youths of the two communities while on escort duty for the repairs of pipelines by Nestoil on behalf of Shell.

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