Obasanjo meets warring groups

President Olusegun Obasanjo began meetings on Wednesday in Abuja with warring groups of the oil-rich southeastern town of Warri in an effort to end days of intercommunal violence that has left at least 200 dead, AFP reported. The meeting was attended by representatives of Ijaw, Itsekiri and Urhobo communities who have been battling over the location of a local government office. The site of this office “promises jobs, amenities and money”, AFP said. Obasanjo’s talks with the community leaders came ahead of his planned visit to Warri which has now been called off, the BBC reported. The two-day meeting Obasanjo was due to attend in Warri on Thursday, on the problems of the Niger Delta, had been postponed indefinitely because of the fighting, Reuters said quoting organisers.