Reports are coming in of fighting between MEND and the Nigeria Government under the Joint Task Force (JTF) military command occupying the Niger Delta States.
THE Joint Task Force (Operation Flush Out III) yesterday carried a full-scale aerial and marine offensive on the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) positions and neighbouring Ijaw communities in Rivers State, killing unspecified number of persons.
And in response to the military onslaught, the MEND has directed oil companies operating in the state and elsewhere in the Niger Delta to move out their workers within the next 24 hours, as it plans to carry series of attacks on oil installations in the entire region.
The attack on MEND does not come as a surprise as the Federal Government have been planning a series of attacks since the It does not come as a surprise that the JTF have bombarded MEND’s position following the June 19th MEND attack on the Bonga oilfield. Reports are there are heavy causalities on both sides but details are still sparse.
