At about 11.30 Monday morning in Nigeria, Warri, the capital city of Delta State experienced a rude shock resulting from blast of bombs near the government house annex, conference hall and set at stir the attendees to the post-Amnesty conference organized by the Vanguard Newspaper and sponsored by the Delta State Government.

The conference was already under way and as the chairman of the session General Andrew Azazi concluded his opening statement what followed was a reverberation from the bomb blast; two times, and shattered the window glasses of the hall. The quests and host all scampered to safety and the conference ended. Many are said to be injured in the process.

Rumbles of the car used to house the bomb were later seen and inspected. Already security agents are investigating the incident.

Mr. James Afolayo was an invited guest to the conference and said they were shocked and embarrassed by the bomb blast. He said what it portends is a general dissatisfaction expressed by the governed who must have felt excluded from the conference dialogue process.

Elder Sara Igbe said he heard of the conference and came into Warri to attend the meeting without invitation. He was determined to react if he was turned back from the gate but that was yet to happen when the bomb blasted.

It would be recalled that Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, in February had issued a threat of planting three explosive devices around government house in Warri which will be denoted to disrupt a continual dialogue that was not achieving any result and solving the Niger Delta problem. MEND sees the governors as shameless and visionless stooges who are more concerned with looting their state treasuries and seeking a second term in office, even against the wishes of their people.

MEND said it will attack any such gatherings designed to propagate more falsehood. It warned members of the public to avoid such gatherings as they may not be fortunate with the incident.

In the coming days, MEND said it will carry out a number of attacks against installations and oil companies across the Niger Delta and will spread out to companies such as Total which have been spared in the past. It expressed the hope that the actions that will follow will persuade Mr. Uduaghan and other governors that it exist outside of cyberspace.