Militant group, the Niger Delta
Avengers today, Wednesday January 17, 2018, announced its plan to resume deadly attacks on oil
installations and facilities in Nigeria’s oil-rich region.
Spokesperson of the militant group Murdoch Agbinibo in a
statement which was published on the group’s website said the round of attacks
will be the “most deadly and will be targeting the deep sea operations of the
multinationals.”
Calling for the restructuring of Nigeria, the group said their
plan to attack oil facilities in the oil-rich region of the country is due to
killings and division happening in some parts of the country.
“On the 15th of January
2018, being the 62nd historic Remembrance Day of the 1956 discovery of
commercial oil by Shell Darcy in the now forgotten and dejected Oloibiri
Community in the Niger Delta; the high command of the ND Avengers summoned a
meeting of all our operatives from across the Niger Delta to review the
progress of our operations so far and deliberate on the planned actions for the
future.
“It was agreed in that meeting that the killings and division
presently playing out in Nigeria along divergent grounds makes this the perfect
time to restructure this country. Our demand unambiguously is for the
government to restructure this Country,” the statement read in part.
The group said after announcing a ceasefire in November 2017, some
of the elders in Niger Delta intervened and appealed that they should
ceasefire. The Avengers, therefore, said they are disappointed because the
elders have not achieved any result.
“On the 3rd of November 2017 we promised to reactivate
“operation red economy” but as usual some over patriotic elders intervened and
appealed as they have done twice before then for us to avail them some more
time to attend to the demands of the Niger Delta as championed by the Niger
Delta Avengers.
“That we have not achieved any meaningful results despite the
opportunities we have availed the Niger Delta elders means that they are either
irresponsible or the Nigerian government is not sincere with them as it is
their trade in stock.”
The group said they have resolved not to listen to the Niger
Delta elders and all they wish for is Nigeria’s restructuring and a control the
resources of oil-rich Niger Delta.
“We wish to state in plain terms that anybody against
restructuring is an enemy of this country and particularly an enemy of the
Niger Delta Avengers. We want to control our resources and directly use them to
better our lot instead of been enslaved and made to beg before crumbs are
released in a dress rehearsal-like manner to intervention agencies that are
ineffective.
“While 1 Billion Dollars from the excess crude account is been
released to fight a Boko Haram in the North; successive government acts blind
to the very bold array of challenges our region from which this wealth is
generated is facing.”
The group also accused the Nigerian Army of releasing 244
members of the Boko Haram sect to Borno state government while thousands of
innocent Niger Delta youths suffer in various prisons across the country and
demanded the release of Niger Delta activists held captive.
“It is on the above premise that we are demanding the immediate
release of all Niger Deltans Activists and Freedom Fighters that are held
captive by the Nigeria Armed Forces.”
Culled from: Channels TV
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