Nigerian parliament urges wider oil delta offensive
May 23, 2009
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Nigeria's lower house of parliament has passed a resolution urging President Umaru Yar'Adua to extend the biggest military operation for years in the Niger Delta into neighbouring states.
The security forces launched a campaign a week ago to dislodge rebel fighters in Delta state, one of three main states in the oil-producing region, bombarding militant camps from the air and sea before sending in hundreds of ground troops.
Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe told diplomats at a briefing in the capital Abuja on Friday that the offensive was aimed at rescuing missing soldiers from the delta's joint military taskforce (JTF) and recovering the bodies of the dead.
Copyright Reuters, 2009
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