Niger Delta Gang Leader Arrested, Killed: Sources -- Yahoo News/AFP
LAGOS (AFP) – A gang leader from the restive oil-rich Niger Delta has been killed in Nigeria's southern state of Bayelsa, a day after being arrested, sources said Wednesday.
The most prominent militant group in the region, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), said Ken Niweigha was "summarily executed" on Wednesday at the Bayelsa police headquarters.
The Bayelsa State police commissioner Onuoha Udeka could not immediately be reached for comment.
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