A coalition of agitators in the Niger Delta said yesterday
that it has set off programmed attack troop to bring to a halt further oil
exploration and exportation from the region....
following the current NNPC outrage
and scandalous revelation by the World Bank that President Muhammadu Buhari
directed the financial institution to concentrate development in northern
Nigeria. Militants vs Buhari The groups – Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders,
NDRC and 21st Century Youths of Niger Delta, in a statement by WOI Izon Ebi,
also expressed displeasure with the Federal Government over its purported delay
strategies and calculated frustration with Operation Crocodile Smile II to put
a damper on the implementation of the agreement reached with the Pan Niger
Delta Forum, PANDEF. The statement read, “The current revelation of the World
Bank and the present NNPC scandal has given us no choice but to activate our
digital strike team to swing into action to stop further exploration and
exportation of oil from the Niger Delta.” “For it is very obvious that this
present administration is for the North only, without putting into cognizance
that 90 per cent of the resources that sustain this nation is from the Niger
Delta.” “We want to warn that this deliberate provocation and intimidation by
the northern oppressors to provoke the Niger Delta people would be
counterproductive because we are going to resist them with the last drop of our
blood and a devastating response,” it said. The coalition emphasized its
determination “to start attack on all oil infrastructures,” saying, “We would
not allow our resources to be used to fund only the north and intimidate us,
rather than developing the Niger Delta deprived of its God-given resources
since 1958.” “The antics of their divide and rule tactics would never work
again in the Niger Delta in this 21st century because the world and all honest
Nigerians have seen the antics and tactics of the federal governments’
insensitivity and insincerity after the adoption of the 16-point agenda of
PANDEF on the 3rd of August 2017. “It is still very fresh in our minds the
betrayal of Isaac Boro to keep Nigerian one, the killing of Ken Saro Wiwa and
the Ogoni 9 and the dehumanization of their bodies with acid, the genocide in
Odi, the genocide in Gbaramatu Kingdom,” the coalition asserted. Its words: “We
the NDRC and the 21st Century Youths and all affiliate organizations are
determined to prove to the world that we are not cowards. The present military
operation called Operation Crocodile Smile II that is currently going on in the
Niger Delta would not deter us neither would we be intimidated because the
current agitators have succeeded in taking the struggle from analogue to
digital.” The alliance added: “We have successfully proven to our oppressors
before the ceasefire that we have the capacity to stop the flow of our
God-given resources as our clamour and fight is for equity and justice.” It
stated: “We have also succeeded in educating our brothers that we do not have
any problem with the military because the military are victims of the northern
political elite’ conspiracy because of our God-given resources.” The coalition,
which had declared a ceasefire after the Federal Government and PANDEF met
August 3 in Abuja, asserted: “We, therefore, want to warn the federal
government that the deliberate provocation of the Operation Crocodile smile 2
in the Niger Delta is a waste of time.” “We know our targets and no Niger Delta
youth of this 21st century would be seen in the old fashion. We want to use
this medium to advise our elders and leaders of the Niger Delta that our
generation called the 21st century would not make the mistake our fathers made
that have portrayed them as cowards as if the Fulani and Islamic jihadists have
conquered the Niger Delta. “We want to warn that the planned islamization and
conqueror approach by this present government would be resisted with the last
drop of our blood in this 21st century. We advise our brothers to be calm and
steadfast and avoid any confrontation with the army because we the 21st century
youths and other agitators have the ability to stop the flow of our oil in our
backyards. “Our grievances and agitations are genuine and nobody can or would
be able to intimidate us with whatever military operations because we already
know their aims and objectives. We want to warn that we are closely watching
their actions and inactions and would respond at the appropriate time as we
still believe in the eminent members of the PANDEF that persuaded us to
ceasefire for sincere dialogue, for lasting peace for the rich, but
impoverished people of the Niger Delta,” the merger added. It warned: “If our
understanding and sincerity is taken for granted, it means we would have no
choice but to prove that we are not cowards and we would start implementing our
next line of action for operation zero barrel of oil in the Niger Delta because
enough is enough.”
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