The renewed
attacks on oil and gas facilities in the Niger Delta region may in no way be
nearing an end following the recent threat by the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA).
The group has restated its threat to carry on with the bombing of
oil installations in the region until the Federal Government accedes to its demands.
NDA,
a new militant group, had taken up arms against the government in what it
claimed to be its own way of pressing for fair deal for the people of Niger
Delta, especially in the allocation of oil blocs.
NDA
is also demanding release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra
(IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, who has been in detention for close to five months.
The group said it wants the release of the IPOB leader as part of conditions
for ceasation of hostility in the region. Besides the conditions, the
group has also issued a quit notice to former vice president, Alhaji Atiku
Abubakar and General Theophilus Danjuma, to vacate the Niger Delta area or
face dire consequences.
Sunday
Sun gathered
that the warlords are enjoying the backing of some retired military
officers who feel disgruntled over their premature retirement from
service. But, the CML has severally denied this.
In
a statement released online, General Ben admitted that his group
carried out the operation, off Bakassi Peninsula on Nigerian waterways. He
threatened that his men would blow up the vessel and members of the crew
onboard, adding that the attack was carried out, “to let the government
know that the group does not make empty threats.”
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