Niger
Delta Avengers, the militant group which claimed responsibility for blowing up
the Forcados Terminal Pipeline in Delta State, recently, has served notice of
attacks on more oil installations in the region until the Federal Government
addresses its grievances.
The
group vowed: “Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, Forcados terminal is
our latest casualty. There are many more to follow in the days and weeks
ahead.” The group, in a statement obtained in Warri, said that it was
prepared to reduce Nigeria’s daily oil production and supply to zero barrel if
its agitation was ignored.
“The
same factor that brought about the Niger Delta arms struggle is fast
resurfacing as the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is poised to exterminate
Niger Delta people for being benevolent enough to allow the nation’s
mono-economy thrive on our oil.
“We
are being oppressed, pushed to the wall on various fronts, which is why we have
picked up the challenge to be the outlaws this government will have to contend
with till daily production of oil is reduced to zero in the Niger Delta, so
government can use the oil from the North to run Nigeria’s mono-economy. “We
believe that Nigeria can practice true federalism where our resources will be
controlled by us and used for our own good. The reverse is the case today,
where the goose that lays the golden egg is killed along with the egg,” they
said.
-Vanguard
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