WARRI—THE Niger Delta Liberation Force, NDLF, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to convene a sovereign national conference, SNC, to afford Nigerians the opportunity to discuss and possibly give birth to the Republic of Niger Delta as was witnessed in Sudan, where the people met and agreed on the formation of a new nation, South Sudan Republic, without spilling blood.
Spokesman of the militant group, “Captain” Mark Anthony, in a statement, noted that Nigeria’s problem was political and what was needed to resolve it was a political solution, involving a roundtable conference of all the ethnic nationalities in the entity called Nigeria.
He said: “In SNC, every ethnic nationality shall come forward through a delegation and put up a referendum for the interest of every geo-political region. The referendum shall determine the continued existence or separation of the contraption called Nigeria. Nigeria is a creation of falsehood and it is standing on a keg of gun powder being mismanaged by former military dictators.
“We use this medium to hail great men like Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu, late Major Isaac Boro, Ken Saro-Wiwa and their followers, as well as all freedom fighters who had paid the supreme price with their lives for Biafra and Niger Delta, for their courage and patriotism. These great men were men of vision who saw the type of fake Nigeria left behind for us by the British imperialists.
“We also hail the people of the new South Sudan nation for their determination and doggedness. We the people of Niger Delta shall one day join the world to celebrate Niger Delta Republic. Nobody should deceive himself and play politics with our call for splitting Nigeria into segments for the interest of every geo-political region,” he added.
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Militant group demands Republic of Niger Delta
Militant group demands Republic of Niger Delta
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011
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My wildest dream, God bless the Niger Delta.
ReplyDeleteWhy the republic of Niger Delta cos of the central oil cartel which can be termed as self interest considering the whole nation at large. The problem we have is good governance that will manages and use our resources to bring about development in out nation. There is no evidence that after splitting there will be proper management cos the same people lies in every geo-political zone, so all we need to do is to advocate for good governance not splitting.
ReplyDeleteGreat!It is a good saying,supported.
ReplyDeletei support that idea, but shouldn't be called Niger delta republic but Biafra. After all this call for splitting was all started by ojukwu the great.
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