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JOHNSON BABAJIDE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
03-04-2005

Nigerians riot over slaying
By JOHNSON BABAJIDE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 03-04-2005, Friday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions

MAKURDI, Nigeria - Thousands of rioters wielding sticks and broken bottles burned down a second police station Thursday, protesting the police killing of a bus driver who apparently refused to pay a bribe equivalent to 14 cents, officials said.

Rioting engulfed Makurdi, the capital of Nigeria's Benue state, on Wednesday night and continued Thursday, said Benue police chief Ibrahim Mohammed. ...

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