Nigeria: Odi Militant Leader Killed in Shoot-Out

28 May 2009

Yenagoa — Twenty-four hours after being arrested by the police, militant leader, Ken Niweigha - the alleged mastermind of the killings of 12 policemen which eventually led to the Odi massacre of 1999 - was killed in controversial circumstances yesterday.

The police said he died in a gun battle between his gang who came to free him and security operatives at Odi, Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

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