– Avengers said they cannot be continuously fooled adding that the government cannot justify the indiscriminate targeting of Niger Delta youths while glorifying on these victimization of law abiding citizens of the region
Rampaging militant group, Niger Delta Avengers have bombed the Bonny 48 inches crude oil export line.
According to the militants in a statement issued on its website, it strike team took out the export line at about 8:40pm on Friday, September 23.
Avengers said the action is a signature to “the over dramatization of the so-called dialogue and negotiation process on the side of President Muhammadu Buhari and his government.”
In a statement signed by Brig.Gen Mudoch Agbinibo, it spokesperson, the group said “since, the cessation of hostilities and the commitment of the PAN Niger Delta Elders and stakeholders team, the Nigerian government and her agents are turning the expectations of the Niger Delta to shameful scenes obtainable in Nollywood acts and as well intimidations, blackmails and continuous profiling of Niger Delta sons and daughters. This is only a wake up call; we may not have other way to say it better.
The avengers said it is still in favour of the dialogue and negotiations process “but we are warning against ” the peace of our time! We want the peace with honour”.
We will resist all actions undermining the ceasefire from side of the government and it security agents/ agencies. The world is watching, time is running against the Nigerian state; while we were promised that the concerns of Niger Delta will be addresses once a truce is declared, the activities of the government and her agents are not assuring enough, there has been no progress and no breakthrough.
Avengers said they cannot be continuously fooled adding that the government cannot justify the indiscriminate targeting of Niger Delta youths while glorifying on these victimization of law abiding citizens of the region.
Meanwhile, Nigerians are surprised about the attack carried out the Niger Delta Avengers.
– A Niger Delta Stakeholders’ Summit to take place in Abuja has been rejected by a group led by Edwin Clark
– The group said the summit was an academic one which would not solve the problem in the Niger Delta
– They urged militants to be calm in the face of provocation
The Pan-Niger Delta Coastal States Stakeholders’ Consultative Forum led by Chief Edwin Clark has rejected the Niger Delta Stakeholders’ Summit headed by Professor Yemi Osinbajo.
Daily Trust reports that in a release signed by Chief Clark and 28 others, the group described the summit as contrary to the expectations “of all right-thinking persons worldwide”.
Clack claimed the summit was meant to shift focus from the main issue at a time militants in the region have decided on a ceasefire.
The Niger Delta forum insisted that the problem in the region did not require an academic summit but rather dialogue between the government and credible representatives from the Niger Delta.
They reaffirmed their resolve to “only engage the Federal Government through a credible dialogue process with accredited representatives of the Niger Delta Region to proffer long lasting solutions to the protracted Niger Delta insurgency and not through a summit.”
They said the oil production had increased to 1.7mbpd due to the cessation of hostilities by the armed agitators of the Niger Delta,
The group insisted that this should serve as springboard for negotiation rather than taking action that will bring militancy back.
The group claimed that “President Muhammadu Buhari, for over six weeks, since cessation of hostilities as a result of the intervention by the Traditional Rulers, Elders and Leaders of the Niger Delta, had not responded to the demands of the peoples of the Niger Delta for a credible and proper dialogue process.
“We note with happiness that the Region has been relatively quiet and stable, following The ceasefire brokered by the leaders of the Region with the expectation that the Federal Government will urgently interface and commence negotiation with accredited representatives of the Niger Delta Region. Rather than doing the needful, the Region has however, been over militarized of its creeks and other spaces….However, a significant achievement of the ceasefire is the increase in the quantum of oil production of 1.7 mbpd, according to the Hon. Minister of States, Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu.
We wish to state that almost a month has elapsed since militant groups in the region agreed to a 60-Day cessation of hostilities without the Federal Government constituting a negotiation team. Rather, the Office of the Vice President is organizing a summit of stakeholders purportedly for the Niger Delta. It is our considered opinion that for the Federal Government to contemplate a summit of this nature, rather than proper dialogue and negotiations with leaders of the region is to trivialize the gravity of the issues and opt for a cosmetic approach.”
The group however called on agitators to be calm in the face of provocation because “as a people we are still committed to the vision of a peaceful, prosperous, united and restructured Nigeria where no one is oppressed”.
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