The militant group, Niger-Delta Avengers, on Monday
warned President Muhammadu Buhari not to deal with
some persons it tagged as “sycophants” in his quest for
peace in the oil-rich Niger Delta Region.
The group gave the warning in a fresh statement issued
by its spokesman, Mudoch Agbimbo.
It asked the President to visit the region to find out
things for himself, saying, “You cannot treat the Niger
Delta region with disdain while you treat your brothers
that are terrorists and kidnappers (Boko Haram) like
kings and queens by committing the Red Cross and Red
Crescent Movement from Geneva to witness your
transaction with them before they released their
hostages to you.”
The statement further read, “We are disposed to
dialogue but we want Mr. President to come down and
negotiate with us rather than using his political aides
who are sycophants and will be feeding him with wrong
information. We will not take such from Mr. President;
we want him to interface with us as a way to providing a
lasting solution to the Niger-Delta crisis; we will not
interface with political sycophants.”
Just few days ago, the Niger Delta Greenland Justice
Mandate warned the Federal Government led by
President Muhammadu Buhari not to rejoice yet over the
recent rise in oil production in the country.
The violent group warned the current government to
prepare for another attacks on oil facilities in the region
in the no distant time.
However, the President of the Ijaw National Congress,
Chief Boma Obuoforibo, has stated that the Niger-Delta
stakeholders will not give the Federal Government an
ultimatum or deadline to implement their demands for
the development of the region.
According to him, the stakeholders were hopeful that the
President would not rescind on his promise to alleviate
the sufferings of the Niger-Delta people.
He said, “We are not going to be negative about the
ability of the Federal Government to implement the
demands because we have a positive mindset and we
have never reached this length in the past, we are doing
all this in good faith.”
