Militant has recently
served notice of attacks on more oil installations in the region if the Federal
Government did not address its grievances.
The Niger
Delta Avengers, the militant group claimed responsibility for blowing up the
Forcados Terminal Pipeline in Delta State.
The group
vowed: “Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, Forcados terminal is our
latest casualty. There are many more to follow in the days and weeks ahead.”
The group, in a statement obtained in Warri, said that it was prepared to
reduce Nigeria’s daily oil production and supply to zero barrel if its
agitation was ignored.
“The same
factor that brought about the Niger Delta arms struggle is fast resurfacing as
the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is poised to exterminate Niger Delta
people for being benevolent enough to allow the nation’s mono-economy thrive on
our oil.
“We are being
oppressed, pushed to the wall on various fronts, which is why we have picked up
the challenge to be the outlaws this government will have to contend with till
daily production of oil is reduced to zero in the Niger Delta, so government
can use the oil from the North to run Nigeria’s mono-economy.
“We believe
that Nigeria can practice true federalism where our resources will be
controlled by us and used for our own good. The reverse is the case today,
where the goose that lays the golden egg is killed along with the egg,” they
said.
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