Niger
Delta militants have threatened to resume hostilities and have alleged
that the two weeks ceasefire agreement elapsed without any commitment
on the part of the Federal Government.
The fighters said government officials are more interested in grandstanding rather than initiating dialogue with them.
In a statement entitled: ‘If you make
the peaceful change that we seek impossible, we will make violent
change possible’, a group called Ultimate Warriors of the Niger Delta
said if the situation continued that way, massive attacks on oil assets
will commence in the days ahead.
“Our patience is running out and we
have decided to let the world know our grievances pure and plain again.
We are sounding this as a last warning before the whirlwind gets down.
“The tsunami that will descend in coming
days would be severe for the current government to handle. The
operations that would follow these plans are strategic and all
operations would be codified as our goals have been codified in a one
line mission statement.
“The Federal Government cannot continue
to give us crumbs. We own the oil, we own the wealth, we will no longer
accept outsider’s controlling oil blocs that are in our land. We want
60 percent of it for our people because we own the resources that
sustain the country,” Sibiri Taiowoh, spokesman of the group said in a
statement.
Also, former militant leaders in Bayelsa
State have vowed to stop the spread of bombing of oil installations in
the state by criminal elements.
Warning members of the Niger Delta
Avengers (NDA), the former militant leaders said they will resist
attack on oil installations in the state. The former militants leaders
commended the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe
Kachikwu and the state government for their commitment to bringing
sustainable peace in the state and the Niger Delta region.
Meanwhile, the Defence Headquarters has
scrapped the Joint Force Operation Pulo Shield and immediately replaced
it with Operation Delta Safe. A statement by acting Director of
Defence Information, Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar said the change was
necessary in the face of current security challenges.
Credit: Sun
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