Thursday, December 23, 2010

Arrested Nigeria militant in unknown location-lawyer

Reuters
22 December 2010

Arrested Nigeria militant in unknown location-lawyer

A lawyer acting for more than 60 militants arrested last month said on Wednesday the militant gang leader and two of his followers were removed from prison by the secret service last week.
Nigeria's armed forces on Nov. 20 arrested gang leader Obese, whose real name is Tamunotonye Kuna, and more than 60 of his followers who were believed to be behind the kidnapping of 19 oil and construction workers in the Niger Delta.

Ken Atsuete, legal council to the arrested militants, said a judge ordered that the militants be remanded in Port Harcourt Federal Prison on Nov. 29 but last week officers from Nigeria's State Security Service (SSS) took Obese and two of his senior followers to another location.

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