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to a FriendSend to a FriendA growing number of residents of
Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta are demanding the immediate
withdrawal of government troops from the region following a
successful amnesty and cessation of hostilities. Troops have
maintained a high-profile presence in the Niger Delta despite a
halt in militant attacks on oil facilities and personnel in the
past four months. Soldiers can still be seen at security
checkpoints. Many residents, wary of the way the military treat
civilians, would like to see the soldiers withdrawn from what
they describe as regular police duties. Amnesty International,
in a report last year, slammed "the entrenched culture of
impunity for human-rights violations committed by the police and
security forces." Spokesman for the Niger Delta state of Bayelsa
Adeyi Asara tells VOA the federal government must reciprocate
the region's acceptance of a go