Nigeria's military has confirmed to me that it carried out an air strike yesterday on a base of oil militants in the Arepo area in south-western Ogun State.
Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar declined to say how many people killed in the strike, and insisted that only armed men had been targeted.
This morning, residents reported seeing a convoy of military vehicles going into the Arepo area - access to which has been restricted.
Militants have been demanding that the government spend more of Nigeria's oil wealth on poor communities in the oil-producing south.
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