Nigeria: Police, DSS Siege - How N'Delta Leaders, Militants Played Into Security Trap

31 October 2017

Until last night, leaders and members of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, are still at a complete loss over what struck them last Thursday at the "Garden City," Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, where they converged for their fourth general assembly.

Unexpectedly, Police and Department of State Services, DSS, operatives laid siege to the Hotel Presidential venue of the meeting, sealing off the place and turning back delegates from across the Niger Delta and parts of Abia, Ondo and Imo state that came for the assembly.

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