On the morning of Monday, August 17, 2009, the JTF in Sama, Asari Toru Local
Government Area of Rivers state executed an unarmed man and dumped his body into the
river.

The youths from the area mobilized and carried out a reprisal attack on the army
unit responsible for the extrajudicial killing and killed a soldier and went away
with his rifle.

Such irresponsible actions by the military even if it is targeted at civilians is
not acceptable and can jeopardize the current ceasefire if repeated.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) stands behind