The Reformed Niger Delta Avengers
and 10 other militant groups on Tuesday threatened to attack oil installations
in the Niger Delta in four weeks.
They are demanding that the
Special Adviser on Niger Delta to President Muhammadu Buhari and Coordinator of
the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig.-Gen. Paul Tarelah Boroh (rtd) should
be reinstated.
President Buhari last week
replaced Boroh with Professor Charles Quaker Dokubo.
The presidency had also disclosed
that Buhari directed “a full investigation into the activities of the Amnesty
Programme from 2015 to date, especially allegations of financial impropriety
and other acts”.
But a statement by Johnmark
Ezonbi, leader of the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, said the federal
government would “hear from them” if Boroh was not reinstated.
He said the sacked coordinator of
the Amnesty Programme played a significant role in prevailing on the militants
to end the attacks on oil installations, warning that it was obvious that the
government was toying with the destiny of the Niger Delta.
The statement read: “The federal
government will hear from us at the expiration of the four weeks ultimatum as
no single stone will be left unturned as the administration prefers to go back
to the recession period when Boroh played a major role by visiting the creeks
with other stakeholders to prevail on the boys to drop their arms and embrace
peace.
“We will embark on a well
coordinated destruction of all major delivery oil pipelines after the
expiration of the four weeks ultimatum without looking back.
“I want to warn that any intruder
into our planned action in four weeks time, if the federal government fails to
reinstate General Paul Boroh, will be severely dealt with without mercy because
our attacks will make the security agencies in the creeks very small.
“We are fully ready to take on
anybody as we have the instruments of warfare that will make the biggest
military might marvel at our coordinated attacks.
“We are ready to dirty our rivers
and creeks with our oil, it is better we spill it than allow government use it
to develop other parts of the country.”
He said Boroh made efforts to put
the Amnesty Programme back on track with the regular training of ex-militants
and prompt payment of monthly stipends.
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Fighting for their pockets. They have no interest of the Niger Delta people at heart. Fulani herdsmen have murdered numerous Niger Deltans, what have you guys done? Militant my foot!!
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