Abuja - The Nigerian government began a secret trial of two leaders of the militant Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) on Thursday, a group known for kidnappings and attacks on foreign-owned oil installations.

The duo, Henry Okah, and Edward Atata, were hurried into a courtroom amidst tight security provided by a combined personnel of the police and the Nigerian army in Jos, north-central Ngieria.
 

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Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Ishaya Bamaiyi was today discharged and acquitted over a four- count charge of attempted murder brought against him by the Lagos state government after nine years in detention.

Bamaiyi who served under the military administration of late General Sani Abacha was arraigned by the Lagos state government of the publisher of the Guardian newspaper, Mr. Alex Ibru, and an eminent Delta state indigene, Mr. Isaac

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