Militants Reject N’Delta ’ Peace Parley

Some militant groups in the Niger Delta region have rejected the peace parley between the Federal Government and Niger Delta leaders aimed at resolving the crisis in the region.

A group, the Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate, dissociated itself from the peace campaign and warned that it would unleash series of attacks on oil installations till the oil production output is reduced to 500,000 barrels per day.

In its statement released Saturday by its spokesman, Aldo Agbalaja, the militants demanded that government should drop the charges against Government Ekpemupolo also known as Tompolo and other leaders from the region.

The statement said, “what the Avengers did to the oil industry will be nothing compared to the grand plan already set by our central command. We shall bring Nigeria’s daily output quota to below 500,000 barrrels. Just be ready for the approaching tsunami.”

The group which claimed responsibility for the latest destruction of the Trans-Forcades Pipeline in Delta state said, the attack was a mere warning to much of its violent campaign soon to be unleashed.

In similar reaction to the FG/Niger Delta leaders parley, Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) equally dissociated itself from the meeting describing the representatives of the region that attended the meeting which held in Abuja, as sycophants.

The group accused President Muhammadu Buhari of treating Niger Delta with disdain while he treats his Boko Haram brothers as kings.

It would be recalled that leaders of the Niger Delta region which included top traditional rulers attended a meeting with the presidency Tuesday in Abuja and in the meeting the representatives from the region presented a 16-point roadmap as way out of the crisis.

Chris Oluoh