{"id":3165,"date":"2013-05-06T00:25:25","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T00:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/8-niger-delta-ex-militants-killed\/"},"modified":"2013-05-06T00:25:25","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T00:25:25","slug":"8-niger-delta-ex-militants-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/8-niger-delta-ex-militants-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Niger Delta ex-militants killed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eight young men suspected of being ex-militia members from two rival groups were killed early Sunday in a shootout in Lorbia community in Nigeria’s southern oil-rich Bayelsa state, their relations and the army said.<\/p>\n

Among those killed were five youths belonging to a group led by ex-militia leader Reuben Wilson, who embraced the 2009 government amnesty.<\/p>\n

Wilson’s 37-year-old younger brother, Benaibi Wilson, died in the clash, the former militia leader said.<\/p>\n

Mourners and sympathisers who thronged the home of Wilson on Sunday in Yenagoa, capital of Bayelsa state, were seen wailing over the deaths.<\/p>\n

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A spokesman of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, Lieutenant Colonel Onyeama Nwachukwu, confirmed that some people died in the clash between two armed groups but declined to give a death toll or further details.<\/p>\n

“At about 2:00 am (0100 GMT) today, there was an armed collision between two armed groups at Lorbia in Southern Ijaw Area which led to the death of unspecified number of persons”, he said.<\/p>\n

“Our troops have carried out a cordon and search operation in the community,” he said, recovering items including two AK47 rifles, six AK47 magazines and a speed boat.<\/p>\n

The cause of the clash was unknown.<\/p>\n

Rival gangs in the region have in the past clashed over money, status or to avenge an earlier bloody attack.<\/p>\n

Bayelsa is the home state of President Goodluck Jonathan.<\/p>\n

The 2009 amnesty calmed a wave of violence which harmed oil production in the region.<\/p>\n

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