The Police have warned the Niger Delta Avengers over its decision to announce a secession from Nigeria on October 1, describing the a...
This was made known by the Force Public Relations Officer, Donald
Awunah, who enjoined the militants to seek legal means to address their
grievances rather than engage in acts of lawlessness.
The Niger Delta Avengers on Thursday threatened that they will declare a Niger Delta Republic on Nigeria’s Independence Day (October 1), should President Muhammadu Buhari fail to effect plans to restructure the country.
However, Awunah warned the militant group not to dare the might of the
Federal Government by going ahead with such a provocative plan.
“I believe they (militants) know
that it is a treasonable felony to declare a republic. The police and
other security agencies will not allow any treasonable action to be
perpetrated in any part of the country. They have been warned.”
Meanwhile, the NDA, which has claimed responsibility for most of the
major attacks on oil installations over the past months, said they
earnestly want the Buhari-led Federal Government to discover oil in
commercial quantity in the northern part of the country so as to ease
the oppression in the Niger Delta region.
Mudoch Agbinibo, spokesman for the group, stated this on Thursday in
reaction to President Buhari’s latest order directing the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to intensify oil exploration in
the North-East.
The NDA stressed that the country was in dire need of restructuring,
accusing the present government of divisiveness through her ‘misdirected
policies.’
“Our prayer for Buhari and the
Northern hypocrites (the Northern governors) is that oil should be found
in commercial quantity in the North so that they can let the Niger
Delta go.
“The Buhari-led government has
failed Nigerians with its misdirected policies that have divided the
country. As such, nobody wants to be part of that failed state; not even
the Niger Delta.
“The October 1 declaration of
independence is still sacrosanct, if the Nigerian government fails to
retrace its step by restructuring this country.
“We want to warn the general public and those using the NDA to defraud the people, the days of reckoning are close-by.”
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