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BY\u00a0 SIMON EBEGBULEM<\/strong><\/p>\n

BENIN \u2013 A Niger Delta activist, Comrade Paul Bebenimibo, Saturday,\u00a0 called on security agencies to take into custody and quiz the former members of the House of Representatives, South-South caucus, who claimed in Abuja, last week, that they were in touch with the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger-Delta, MEND, and would engage the group in peace talks following its recent threat to bomb oil installations in Niger-Delta and political gatherings in Lagos and Abuja.<\/p>\n

Bebenimibo, a former secretary of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), in the Western zone and a communication advisor to one-time MEND leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, told Sunday Vanguard on phone, yesterday, \u201cMEND has been disbanded, there is no more MEND, so, which MEND is the leader of the caucus, Chief Austin Opara, the former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, discussing with.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese people just want to make themselves relevant in the system because election is approaching, they are not discussing with any MEND because the group is no longer in existence, security agents should find out those they are holding the peace talks with because these are the people issuing the threats to bomb Niger-Delta, Lagos and Abuja,\u2019\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n

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BY\u00a0 SIMON EBEGBULEM BENIN \u2013 A Niger Delta activist, Comrade Paul Bebenimibo, Saturday,\u00a0 called on security agencies to take into custody and quiz the former members of the House of Representatives, South-South caucus, who claimed in Abuja, last week, that they were in touch with the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger-Delta, MEND, and would engage the group in peace talks following its recent threat to bomb oil installations in Niger-Delta and political gatherings in Lagos and Abuja. 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