The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has been criticised by the trio
of Niger Delta Volunteers, NDV, Niger Delta Peoples Liberation Front,
NDPL, and Bakassi Freedom Fighters, BFF, for saying that Niger Delta
militants were fighting for their pockets.
Osinbajo was reported to have made the statement last weekend while delivering a lecture at Elizade University in Ondo State.
The militant groups, in a statement signed by their spokespersons –
Ekpo Ekpo for NDV; Henry Etete for NDPLF and Asukwo Henshaw for BFF,
stressed that instead of ridiculing them, the Vice President should have
advised President Muhammadu Buhari to address the injustice in the
Niger Delta.
In the statement made available to journalists in Uyo on Tuesday, the
militants criticised Buhari for saying that Nigeria’s unity was not
negotiable, stressing that the people of the Niger Delta were tired of
one Nigeria filled with injustice, marginalisation and oppression
minority ethnic groups.
They threatened to resume attacks against oil companies operating in
the region and they urged oil unions to withdraw their members from rigs
and platforms for their safety during the period.
The groups also condemned the newly constituted Board of the Nigeria
National Petroleum Company and demanded the appointment of someone from
the Niger Delta as GMD.
“It is an insult on the Niger Delta region that the Minister of
Petroleum who also doubles as the President of Nigeria is from the
North, the Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru and four other
members of the board are also from the North,” they said.
The militants further called on the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, to investigate what happened to local government funds
in Akwa Ibom State “because the local government areas in the state had
not carried out people-oriented projects in the past one year.”
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