Al Jazeera is running Andrew Simmons report from the Delta, with an interview with Ateke Tom (who’s gang claimed responsibility for attacks on police stations in Port Harcourt last weekend, leaving 7 officers dead.):
Ateke Tom, known as the godfather of the vigilantes in the dangerous Niger Delta, has threatened war against Nigeria’s government and admitted to carrying out deadly attacks on two police stations.
In an interview with Al Jazeera, Tom said his group, the Niger Delta Vigilante (NDV), is responsible for vote-rigging and death squads.
7 police officers are reported killed in two separate attacks by armed groups in Port Harcourt.
According to the Echo:
A community leader and human rights activist, Patrick Naagbanton, said three police died in the early-morning attack.
A spokesman for an armed gang in the region led by notorious gunman Ateke Tom claimed credit for the attack and said others had been launched in other regions of Nigeria’s vast southern wetlands. No details were available.
