Niger Delta militants
The Niger Delta Avengers on Saturday announced that it will stop
bombing oil pipelines in Nigeria that has crippled the economy over the
past months. The group said it will enter negotiation with the
government, but if the negotiation fails, it will come out with full
force against President Muhammdu Buhari.
The message posted on its website reads:
"The struggle has always being a Pan-Niger Delta one, we only
know the anti Niger Delta elements are using some disorganized
characters from the region to scuttle all effort to restore the essence
of our humanity; resources control and self-determination.
"We are going to support any collective/negotiation team
emerging from the Chief (Dr.) Papa Edwin Kiagbodo Clark Niger Delta
elders and genuine stakeholders conference to engage with the federal
government of Nigeria, representatives from the home countries of all
multinational Oil Corporations and neutral international mediators that
will be focused on achieving the short, medium and long term frameworks
and objectives to de-escalating conflicts in the Niger Delta. Most of
the frameworks and objectives are clearly stated in various reports,
declarations and recommendations of the likes of the Sir.Henry Willinks
minority rights reports of pre-independence Nigeria (1957-8), The Kaiama
Declaration document, The General Alexander Ogomudia report, The Leedum
Mittee headed, Niger Delta Technical Committee report and restructuring
to fiscal federalism.
"We have resolved to reject any idea of the peace of our times;
we want the peace with honor this time around! Our advice to our Niger
Delta elders and genuine stakeholders is that, whenever this inhuman
project called Nigeria and her government is ready for
dialogue/negotiations with them, this mandate should be treated with
that care as driving a vehicle like that of a truck laden with fire.
"We are going to continue the observation of our unannounced
cessation of hostilities in the Niger Delta against all interest of the
Multinational oil Corporations, but we will continuously adopt our
asymmetric warfare during this period if, the Nigerian government and
the ruling political APC continues to use security agencies/agents,
formations and politicians to arrest, intimidate, invade and harass
innocent citizens, suspected NDA members and invade especially Ijaw
communities.
"We promise to fight more for the Niger Delta, if this
opportunity fails. Therefore, we will give our Niger Delta elders and
genuine stakeholders that tacit support to the dialogue table with the
government and the Multinational oil Corporations whenever the enabling
environment prevails.
"We also use this medium to warn those using rogue platforms
like the defunct so-called MEND, RNDA- Cynthia Whyte especially Charles
Okah who is franchising these internet based banditry from his prison
cell, through Victor Ebikabowei Ben (Boyloaf), Timipre Silva, Selekaye
Ebikabowei, Ayirimi Emani, Michael Johnny, Governor Adams Oshiomole to
please inform those their paymasters that the days of doom are here.
That those sold and bought up interests from around the corridors of
power cannot arm-twist the NDA with bandits, drug addicts, illegal
bunkerers, bank robbers and disorganized characters to derail the Niger
Delta struggle."
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