Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) has
threatened to cripple Nigeria’s economy if President
Buhari does not hold a Sovereign National Conference for
Nigerians to choose whether they still want to stay together.
The militants also condemned the
atrocities of the Fulani herdsmen, and criticised Buhari for not
calling them to order.
The NDA, in a press statement
titled: NIGERIA IS A FAILED ENTITY listed their grievances
saying:
“…Clear example is the present
administration where Fulani herdsmen whom are the kinsmen of
President Buhari are above the law despite the killing and atrocities
they have committed against farmers in the south and middle belt but
the president can give a shoot on sight directive to military against
the peaceful protest of the Indigenous people of Biafra.
“Other one is the 2016 budget where
nearly all the major projects are channeled to the North even though
the creeks of the Niger delta are in dear need of development to
improve the standard of living.”
They also alleged that the Nigerian
military has become a tool in the hands of greedy and selfish
politicians, citing the Bayelsa and Rivers elections.
They also said “The allocation
of mining license is other crime this country is committing against
its Niger Deltans. Where 80% of the oil blocs are allocated to
northerners and the rest 20% is spread among the Easterners and
westerners. THIS IS A CRIME AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF THE NIGER DELTA.
“After looking at all these
injustices and devilish acts going on in Nigeria the Niger Delta
Avengers concludes that nobody is loyal to this entity called Nigeria
instead, we are insisting that the entity called Nigeria should break
up and lets the South, East, West and North be govern by their own."
The militants also accused Buhari’s
government of running the country like a military regime, adding that
the rights of Nigerians are being trampled upon.
They said “The Niger delta
avengers high command, which comprises of agitators from all ethnic
groups in the Niger Delta, has concluded that if the president fails
to hear our voice and refuse to call for the sovereign national
conference.
“We will ensure its happens or we
will employ our second option by crippling the economy of the
country. We won’t stop at that but dead ready to take the fight out
of the creeks and take it to cities like Abuja, Lagos, Calabar, Port
Harcourt just to name a few. And Avengers are not interested in
taking innocent lives, but we will defend territory and ourselves .
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pipelines," militants threaten Buhari
“To our brothers in the Nigeria
Military we can still welcome you back home with open arms but don’t
think we will spare you if you attack us.”
The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) is a new
militant group in the Niger Delta which claims that its membership
cuts across all oil producing states of the region.
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