WARRI—NIGER-DELTA Sea Commandos, NDSC, a militant group, in the
Niger Delta, yesterday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to discontinue his
pretentious plea to militants to cease bombing oil and gas facilities and
commence
dialogue with stakeholders to avert looming disaster.
Spokesperson of the
group, self-styled Major Osama Blatter, in a statement, said: “As members of
Sea Commandos, we cannot take Buhari’s plea serious and we are running out of
patience. The issue is when he will start his dialogue.”
This came as Niger Delta activist, Chief Bello Oboko, threw his weight behind the call
on President Buhari to emulate the Prime Minister of Britain, David Cameron, by
ordering a referendum to find out what Nigerians want.
The Sea Commandos asked:
“When will Nigeria grant Niger Delta autonomous state? Buhari should not play
politics with Niger Delta’s demands. If he plays with us, we will ground his
government. Delay is dangerous. We are not interested in any plea.
“Who told
Buhari that Nigerians do not have other country than Nigeria? Niger Deltans are
not part of Nigeria he is referring to because we belong to Niger Delta
Republic.
“Buhari should lead the negotiation team, we want him in the creeks,
Buhari should not expect our oil to stabilize Nigerians economy, that is a
thing of the past. Since he came back, we have not heard anything from him
about the expired two-week ceasefire, he has not announced any extension, which
is why we say that he is pretending.
We
are warning that we can no longer wait, we will commence attack any moment from
now,” it added. Oboko backs referendum Meanwhile, Ijaw leader, Dr Oboko, in a
statement, said:
“This is to appreciate Buhari on his commendation to the
British Prime Minister David Cameron on the occasion of United Kingdom, voting
to leave European Union, democratically without necessarily applying British
Jumbo fighter jets last seen put to use in Libya.
“Referendum to peacefully re-make Nigeria like EU is most attractive, recommendable to redressing the Niger Delta national challenge.
“This is, therefore, to appeal to President
Buhari to replicate the British example against military option by adopting the
in-out voting democracy to peacefully fix the Niger Delta national challenge at
last,” Oboko said.
Buhari should develop N-Delta, says Meinbutus In a related
development, the Amananaowei of Meinbutus, King Jerry Prebor, has asked
President Buhari to, as matter of necessity, “roll out the bulldozers and
caterpillars to start construction of riverine road and train network in the
Niger Delta region.
“He should also commence implementation of the 2014
National Confab report. Mr. President should see himself as President of
Nigeria and as such, do what is right to put Nigeria on the world map,” Prebor
added. IYC condemns attacks in Lagos, Ogun In addition, the Ijaw Youth Council,
IYC, has disassociated Ijaw people from the attacks and killing of innocent
Nigerians in Lagos and Ogun states by criminal elements, describing the
killings as “purely criminal.”
In a statement, yesterday, IYC spokesperson, Mr.
Eric Omare, said: “We state clearly that the persons carrying out these
criminal attacks are not Ijaw people and it is absolutely wrong to refer to them as Ijaw militants.
The
sensational headlines and impression been created is that it is Ijaw people or
groups that are carrying out organized attacks and killing of people in some
Lagos and Ogun communities.”
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