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Yar’Adua’s Government Denies Buying Guns From Militants

Yar'Adua's Government Denies Buying Guns From Militants

The Nigerian government has denied allegations it is buying guns and ammunition to prove its amnesty program in the Niger Delta is on course.
Policemen displayed weapons Saturday collected from Niger delta militants as part of the government amnesty program in Yenagoa, Nigeria.

“Militants are responding to the amnesty program,” Timiebi Koripamo-Agary from the state-run Amnesty Committee [...]