Three militant groups, Reformed Egbesu Boys,
Egbesu Water Lions and Egbesu Mythier
Fraternity, have disowned the Avengers and
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-
Delta, MEND, which raised a negotiation team to
dialogue with the federal government.
The General Officer Commanding, GOC,
Intelligence, of the group, Tony Alagbakeriowei,
and GOC, Logistics and Admin, General Ebi
Abakoromor, in a statement on behalf of the three
militant groups, said neither NDA nor MEND had
the capacity to represent them at any meeting.
The joint group vowed to unleash more terror if
the FG ignored its warnings.
The statement, addressed to the Minister of
Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, who is
driving the dialogue process, read: “We write on
behalf of the Reformed Egbesu Boys of the Niger
Delta, Egbesu Water Lions and Egbesu Mythier
Fraternity to bring to the urgent attention of the
Federal Government that the negotiation with the
Avengers is lopsided.
“It will be recalled that various militant groups
make up the Niger Delta Avengers and we were
taken aback that the Federal Government team is
negotiating with Gbaramatu kingdom
representatives only.
“Be reminded that this current crisis is not a
particular ex-militant leader affair and, therefore,
Gbaramatu representatives cannot negotiate with
the Federal Government to the exclusion of other
active participants in the crisis.”
The groups went on: “Consequently, we warn
that the negotiation team be expanded to include
various active group reps that participated in this
current crisis. Failure to heed this wise counsel,
aggrieved stakeholders will resort to doing what
we know best.
“When the need for the cessation of hostilities
arose as a result of pleas arising from national and
international sources, the Reformed Egbesu Boys
of the Niger Delta were the first to unilaterally
declare ceasefire.”
They said that at the commencement of the
Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, some
militant leaders cornered the proceeds of the
struggle to the exclusion of other participants,
warning: “This is the scenario now unfolding, we
object to this with all our might.”
On the MEND Aaron Team 2, the three Egbesu
militants groups said MEND existed only on the
pages of newspaper and hotel rooms in Abuja
and, therefore, could not speak for militant
groups in the region.
“We condemn in strong terms the emerging
trend where those in MEND, who took to
kidnapping and hostage-taking to criminalise the
legitimate agitation and had since been
disbanded and accepted the poorly coordinated
Amnesty Programme, are now seeking relevance
and purporting to have raised a negotiation team
to dialogue with the federal government,” the
groups said.
“This is most ridiculous, embarrassing and
nonsensical to say the least. MEND exists only on
newspaper pages and hotel rooms in Abuja. We
are taken aback that those who collectively
destroyed the struggle want to recruit very
respected elders for sinister motives.
“If the Federal Government negotiates with the
purported MEND team as published, the
consequences would be fatal and devastating to
the multinationals as usual. We ceased hostilities
in the larger collective interest of the Niger Delta
environment, security of the people of the Niger
Delta and the economic stability of the Nigerian
state and the world at large.
“We wish to warn that the Ijaw nation is and shall
not be taken as cannon fodder to the other ethnic
nationalities as we are seen to be. We are
branded criminals and all sorts of name-calling,
but when the Federal Government calls for
dialogue, our traditional antagonists and agent
provocateurs would be the first to present
themselves for dialogue.”

Thewrath:
NDAs we know,others are fighting for their stomach!

crazymommy:
Leave matter for Matthias....NDA are fighting for their stomach too...anyone who thinks NDA are fighting for the common Niger delta man on the street is deceiving himself....

truefact:

Why don't you start true fight for common man in Niger delta? At least you will have the support of people like us

Thewrath:
NDAs we know,others are fighting for their stomach!

Thewrath:
NDAs we know,others are fighting for their stomach!

crazymommy:
I prefer fighting for every common man on the streets of NIGERIA!!!!!am not a tribalistic and regional clown...

PAINGAIN:
are you already fighting for the common man on the streets of nigeria or you are still planning to? If you haven't started yet, please put your mouth in the permanent condition of suuuuum.