Separatist group, Niger Delta Avengers, has declared that it will
continue to carry out its activities until President Muhammadu Buhari is
ready to genuinely address the problems of the region.
The group which has claimed responsibility for several pipeline attacks
in the Niger Delta warned that it will continue to impede all avenues to
export crude oil from the region.
NDA claimed that contrary to reports, it was not approached by
anybody from the Federal Government when a ceasefire was declared,
adding that the government did not create any platform to address the
problems of the region, Vanguard reports.
The report quoted a source from the ranks of the militant group as
saying, “This phase of our struggle encapsulates our determination to
ensure that the petro-dollar from the Niger Delta is not used to develop
the 97 per cent (95 per cent ) of those President
“In the first instance, we suspended hostilities in good faith to see
if the government of the day was sincerely speaking when it announced
its dialogue initiative. That was why for strategic reasons we did not
make open declaration of our cessation of hostilities. We wanted to
watch and to show Nigerians and the world the insincerity of the
government’s dialogue plans.
“Until we resumed operations, nobody reached out to us and government
did not establish any genuine platform to address our grievances.
“Until President Buhari takes our demands seriously and set up a
genuine framework to address the Niger Delta question, we will continue
to obstruct all avenues to export our crude oil to develop his 97 per
cent (95 per cent). In fact, whenever we have any contact to establish a
genuine negotiation and dialogue, we will not hesitate to let the world
know that we are in dialogue with the government and her
representatives.
“This is another phase of the Niger Delta struggle to reclaim our
resources for prosperity. Some mischief-makers can tag it Ijaw struggle,
but our set short, medium and long-term plans are for us the people of
the Niger Delta to control our resources and develop our land and pay
tax to the central government.
“We have stated our objectives, which are in three categories. It is
President Buhari’s responsibility to show political will to address
them, we do not want ‘peace of our time,’ we want ‘peace with honour.’
There are no new demands on the table, what every past government has
given the people of Niger Delta is graveyard peace.”
Separatist group, Niger Delta Avengers, has declared that it will
continue to carry out its activities until President Muhammadu Buhari is
ready to genuinely address the problems of the region.
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