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| Africa Subsaharan |
| Nigerian treason trial to start |
| 2007-02-06 |
| The treason trial of Nigerian oil militant Mujahid Dokubo-Asari is due to start shortly at the Federal high Court in the capital, Abuja. He was arrested in 2005 after calling for the oil-producing Niger Delta to secede from the rest of Nigeria. A BBC correspondent says the government is under pressure to release Mr Dokubo - a key demand of those who have staged a wave of attacks on oil facilities. Last year, Nigeria lost some $4bn because of unrest in the Niger Delta. Mr Dobubo's lawyers are expected to ask for his release on bail. The BBC"s Senan Murray says there is tight security outside court, with a truckload of riot police on standby in case of any trouble. But he says there are no demonstrators. Last week, NigeriaÂ’s Army Chief of Staff Major General Andrew Azazi, who is from the Delta, met some oil militants, who repeated their demand for Mr DokuboÂ’s release if the violence is to stop. They also want former Bayelsa State governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha to be freed - he is accused of corruption and money laundering. The militants often attack oil installations and kidnap oil workers for ransom. Last year, such attacks cut NigeriaÂ’s oil output by some 20 percent. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 That, or BAD AXE. |
| Posted by: Mike 2007-02-06 10:36 |
| #2 That's BATTLE CREEK. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-02-06 10:28 |
| #1 To: From: Mrs. Olga Dokubo-Asari Date: 2007-02-06 18:33 GMT Re: DISPARATE PLEAD FOR HELP I AM MRS. OLGA DOKUBO-ASARI, WIFE OF MUJAHID DOKUBO-ASARI. MY HUSBAND IS UNDER ARREST AN FACING EXECUTION BY THE CORRUPT GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA. BEFORE HIS ARREST, MY HUSBAND DEPOSITED THE SUM OF TEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($10,000,000.00US) WITH A REPUTABLE SECURITY COMPANY IN BATTLE AXE, MICHIGAN. I NEED YOUR HELP IN INVESTING THIS SUM IN YOUR COUNTRY. . . . |
| Posted by: Mike 2007-02-06 08:11 |