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Gunmen killed 12 police officers in weekend attacks targeting security agents in two of Nigeria’s oil-producing states in the Niger River Delta in an escalating conflict fuelled by secessionist tensions.
Seven of the officers were killed in Rivers State in the southern part of the country, the police confirmed in an emailed statement.
Authorities have blamed previous incidents on the vigilante arm of the Indigenous People of Biafra, which is seeking to break away from the country.
“No amount of intimidation or cruel resort to barbaric attacks will make the state succumb to secessionist agenda of those who are bent on plunging Nigeria into another unwarranted crisis,†Nyesom Wike, the state governor, said.
He imposed a night time curfew after gunmen killed an unspecified number of police, army and customs officers in two different attacks on April 24 and 25.