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| Attack on Nigerian leader's house | Attack on Nigerian leader's house |
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| Militants have attacked the country residence of the Vice-President-elect Goodluck Jonathan, in the oil-rich Niger Delta in a dawn speedboat attack. | Militants have attacked the country residence of the Vice-President-elect Goodluck Jonathan, in the oil-rich Niger Delta in a dawn speedboat attack. |
| Police says the house in Bayelsa State, where Mr Jonathan is currently governor, was partially destroyed. | Police says the house in Bayelsa State, where Mr Jonathan is currently governor, was partially destroyed. |
| The attackers also blew up a nearby police station. Two policemen died in the raid. | The attackers also blew up a nearby police station. Two policemen died in the raid. |
| No group has claimed responsibility so far for the attack. Mr Jonathan was not in the house at the time, say sources. | |
| "We know they are from one of the militant groups operating in the Niger Delta but we don't know from which group. We lost two officers in the attack," said Nigeria's national police spokesman Haz Iwendi. | |
| The men arrived in two speedboats at about 0200 local time in Otueke village in the Ogbia area in the south of the state, he said. | The men arrived in two speedboats at about 0200 local time in Otueke village in the Ogbia area in the south of the state, he said. |
| "The parents of the president-elect who were in the house were saved by our men and the house has been partially destroyed." | |
| Mr Jonathan and President-elect Umaru Yar'Adua - both Nigeria's governing party candidates - won by a landslide in the 21 April elections. | Mr Jonathan and President-elect Umaru Yar'Adua - both Nigeria's governing party candidates - won by a landslide in the 21 April elections. |
| The opposition has described the polls as "flawed", demanding a re-run. | The opposition has described the polls as "flawed", demanding a re-run. |
| The vote was also criticised by international observers. | The vote was also criticised by international observers. |