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Army troops rescue Shell employees held hostage

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    Armed soldiers have rescued 30 employees of the Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell held hostage by youths in southeastern Nigeria’s Delta State demanding that the company surface roads in their area, AFP reported.

    About 500 soldiers from the 7th Amphibious battalion from the nearby town of Effurum stormed the Utorogu Gas Plant on Tuesday, rescuing the Shell employees and four soldiers who had been guarding the facility. The youths had entered the US $2.7-million plant on Monday.

    The Utorogu Gas Plant, which supplies gas to the state-run National Electric Power Authority station at Egbin, near Lagos.

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