Like IPOB, new group emerges, calls for secession of Niger Delta from Nigeria A new group has demand that it gains independence from Nigeria - The Niger Delta group says when it becomes sovereign, it will place power only in the hands of the qualified - The groups resolution comes after a 6-hour secret meeting A group named Region of the Niger Delta (Rondel) has demanded the sovereignty of the region. The group in a statement by its spokesman, Efe Edet-Tamuno, said its demands are made on a non-violent struggle

The statement reads: "A Demand for the Independence of Rondel from Nigeria in 2018. We the people of the Region of the Niger Delta (Rondel), represented by members of Rondel Solidarity Movement (RSM) - a newly born aggressive but non-violent umbrella body for all intellectuals, groups and associations in the Niger Delta Region, having lived together in the past as a loose federation under the Benin Empire and the great Ijaw and other kingdoms, desirous of searching for our own country since northerners in Nigeria have decided to evacuate southerners from 'their Nigeria' - we today, 07.06.2017 wish to announce the fusion of our various groups into one strong and united non self seeking group to champion our developmental causes and help build our region into a nation of justice, freedom, peace and prosperity. We have, after over 6 hours of a well attended meeting held at a secret location in Rivers State, met and made Resolutions which will be remembered as The Rondel Covenant. The Resolutions are in response to the threat by lazy and ignorant Arewa Youths to divide and destroy Nigeria (disguising as evicting the Igbos - an injury to any Southerner is an injury to all Southerners - the days of divide and conquer has ended) and noting the obvious foot dragging of the Nigerian government over this issue with no one arrested, tried or jailed despite the fact that the treasonable felons are well known and they are all not hiding whereas a certain Nnamdi Kanu of Biafra was incarcerated for over two years for daring to discuss Biafra and a certain Kola Edokpayi of Rondel is currently incarcerated for daring to challenge the government in Edo state.

Like the IPOB, the Region of the Niger Delta (Rondel) says it will breakaway from Nigeria in a non-violent fashion Following the treasonable ultimatum issued by the Arewa Youths with tacit backing of the Arewa Consultative Forum and Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs led by Sultan of Sokoto either of who has not openly condemned the felons and call for their incarceration like they would do when the table turned, and being fed up of being described by the President of Nigeria as 5% undeserving of the benefits of Nigeria, thus desirous to found our own country where we will be treated as citizens with full rights, not some species with 5% rights, We hereby make the following declarations and resolve as follows:

1. That all the intellectuals, groups and associations in the Niger Delta should fuse into Rondel Solidarity Movement and our demands shift from Resource Control to Independence Movement

2. That in our country, we shall return power to the true owners of the lands, the monarchs, in English-style power sharing between the Royals and the people in a Parliamentary system.

3. That we demand Independence for Rondel from Nigeria from 2018.

4. That Rondel comprises all the six states in the present South-South of Nigeria.

5. That Rondel is an acronym derived from the Region of Niger Delta, later Republic of Niger Delta, if the Arewa groups make good their threats.

6. That Rondel is our name, Rondish will be our Language and Rondland shall be our capital city. Details of these, including the locations of Rondland, shall be in our October 1 book.

7. That no inch of Rondel in the six states of Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Cross River, Edo, and Rivers States shall ever be ceded to any other people or nation for any reason whatsoever and all those people drawing maps up and down are hereby warned to desist forthwith or risk our disproportionate vengeance including present and future social and economic sanctions

8. That our motivations for decision to leave Nigeria are first President Buhari's treatment of our people as 5%, Northerner's nearly exclusive illegal and immoral occupation of our oil wells destroying our ecosystems and the eviction notice by Arewa Youths with tacit support of government and the Arewa leaders.

9. That since that treasonable order by Arewa youths, and because no one was arrested, tried and convicted for the high treason, the same matter for which Nnamdi Kalu was imprisoned for about two years, we no longer have faith in one indissoluble Nigeria.

That we state emphatically and without equivocation, that in the likely event of the disintegration of Nigeria, we have resolved to live together in the “Region of Niger Delta', which we henceforth now wish to call RONDEL. That we wish henceforth, as a people, to be known and addressed as Rondelites and our languages to be known as dialects of Rondish, which shall be our Official Language, side by side English.

That our capital city shall be a portion carved out of an existing area in the Region of Niger Delta and to be renamed Rondland. Details, including out national anthem, flag, coat of arms and interim Constitution, will be published in our book, "RONDEL MANIFESTO: The Making of a Nation" to be released on October 1, 2017.

That the Igbo people, and indeed all Africans and foreigners, are heartily welcome to visit, stay, live in or do legitimate business unencumbered anywhere in Rondel now and in the future.

14. That in the event of a breakup and the Biafrans, the Omoluabis, Middle Beltans, etc have their separate countries, we will be willing to enter into economic partnerships to help each other grow their economies and societies to achieve the Millennium Developed Goals.

15. That this Resolution serves as a warning and a Notice to the Nigerian government, the International community, including all the northern states of Nigeria that henceforth, if any Igbo or indeed any Southerner or Middle Beltan Nigerian is ever attacked or killed again anywhere in the north in a hate or xenophobic attack, we shall declare our Independence within three months. This is not a threat but self preservation. That since the Arewa youths have given the Igbos (that implies all southerners, we are not fooled) three months notice to vacate ‘their Nigeria’, we give all northern oil bloc owners three months notice from October 1, 2017 for them to leave the Niger Delta Region or face unpredictable adverse consequences.

17. That we are now ready to take our destiny in our own hands and end this parasitic forced marriage of perpetual disaster since 1914.

18. That we in the Region of Niger Delta declare today 07.06.2017 as the commencement date for our Independence struggle

19. That the minimum demand for negotiation is arrest, prosecution and conviction of all those who were involved in the provocative treasonable felony. Condemning their action or threat to arrest them will not suffice this time.

20. That we wish to declare to the troublesome northerners that Enough is Enough."

In a similar vein, the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide has lashed out at the Movement for the Actualisation of a Sovereign State Of Biafra (MOASSOB) for including the Niger Delta region in its Biafra map. MASSOB and other pro-Biafra group have been agitating for an independent Biafra state and has insisted that the Niger Delta region was part of its territory. However, in a statement issued on Tuesday, June 6, the IYC through its spokesperson, Barr. Henry Iyalla, said while it recognised the Biafra struggle, their agitation predates the south east own. The Ijaw group said it has a separate and distinct identity to the Igbo people and therefore wasn’t part of its territory. The group said: “we wish to state clearly that the Ijaw and Niger Delta struggle for self-determination predates the Biafra agitations”. “It is on record that even before the Biafra declaration of independence in 1967, Major Jasper Adaka Boro during the twelve days revolution declared a Niger- Delta Republic in 1966. This was before the advent and struggle for the actualization of Biafra. “The Ijaw and Niger Delta people had always maintained separate and distinct identity from our Igbo brothers of the South East.

While we share in the Biafra agitation for self-determination which is not in any way different from our agitation; we wish to clearly state that the Ijaw areas are not part and parcel of the territory of Biafra.

“We will collaborate with our south eastern, middle belt and any other minority groups in the quest for self-determination based on mutual respect and common understanding. In the coming days, we will start the constructive engagement on these terms”.


https://www.naij.com/1108893-breaking-like-ipob-group-emerges-calls-secession-niger-delta-nigeria.html

Oh no Igbos aint gonna like this.Their major hope for Biafra lay in the ND oil. What now

They should first declare a sit at home for their people before seeking attention.

A 50% compliance to the order shall do the talk for them.

Good move from my brothers. As Niger Deltans, we have absolutely nothing to lose. However, I pity the northerners, they just made the biggest mistake of their lives.

ok

I hope this group will not exist only on the pages of newspapers. I may not agree with all of IPOB strategy but I respect them a LOT because unlike so many groups in Nigeria that sit behind computers and write long speeches, IPOB makes moves for their struggle.

This is the real reason IPOB earned my respect. They do what they say they will do even in front of live bullets. They have even scarified their lives for it.

SO this group has to back up their long speech with actions.

Buhari had every opportunity and all the goodwill to unite this country after the 2015 election but he chose to divide the country into 97% vs 5% constituencies.

Shame on him.

Henryyy:
Oh no Igbos aint gonna like this.Their major hope for Biafra lay in the ND oil. What now

Actually, If this group is honest and serious, this will be one of the best things to happen to IPOB because they can now mobilize and collaborate to achieve the same goal. After that everyone will go their way. Those that want to be part of Niger delta can go with them while those that want to be with Biafra can join.

The group in a statement by its spokesman, Efe Edet-Tamuno,

This one nah Urhobo-Efik-Ijaw person

Ok

That in the event of a breakup and the Biafrans, the Omoluabis, Middle Beltans, etc have their separate countries, we will be willing to enter into economic partnerships to help each other grow their economies and societies to achieve the Millennium Developed Goals.




. Every group now avoiding leprous northern Fulani islamist like a plague

Another played child.. displaying her newly acquire skill of nothing..

funny country. Oduduwa,Biafra, Arewa,Fulan and Niger Delta

Mynd44

Good

ngeneukwuewuGOAT:
That in the event of a breakup and the Biafrans,
the Omoluabis, Middle Beltans, etc have their
separate countries, we will be willing to enter into
economic partnerships to help each other grow their
economies and societies to achieve the Millennium
Developed Goals.





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Every group now avoiding leprous northern Fulani islamist like a plague

People don't realize how backward Nigeria has been dragged back because of the north. So many African countries achieved their millennium development goals even before the deadline while Nigeria couldn't even achieve 10% of it.

Isn't this why the country should be restructured such that each region can have some level of autonomy?

I love this, I wish they will start blowing up pipelines like tomorrow. No time to waste. Buhari is a failure

They should go and sit down. very soon now they will go into oblivion.

emmasege:
Isn't this why the country should be restructured such that each region can have some level of autonomy?

As you can see a lot of people have given up on that. Secession is the best thing at this point. Restructure is just a political appeasement buzz word.

Remember Nigeria rejected Aburi accord that would have restructured Nigeria back in the 60s.

Good for them but let's see how far the wind will carry them.
I think they've seen a loop holes in this katakata btw Igbos and North.

chemicalDisease:
They should go and sit down. very soon now they will go into oblivion.

Exactly my brother, na their way be that.

Henryyy:
Oh no Igbos aint gonna like this.Their major hope for Biafra lay in the ND oil. What now

Not really, IPOB isnt against any group that seeks self determination. What IPOB is against is fake groups with no iota of seriousness that werw created just to undermine IPOB.

If this group is serious, it will be interesting to see how they unite more than tribes in the Niger Delta to come together and agree on a new nation.

Freedom fighting is not easy and it is no joke.

Ket it not be that after today, we wont hear about them again.

Scriptwriters are really making a fortune out of these people's baseless ultimatum and counter-ultimatum... Abeg, hire me; I'm available

Only true federalism will stop all this
Believe me

Most importantly state police

ZombieTERROR:
Only true federalism will stop all this
Believe me

Most importantly state police

Everybody has their own definition of what true federalism entails. I subscribe to the one presented by ohaneze ndigbo back in 2010. Anything outside of that is a joke.

This is what the awusa and the afonjas fear the most and that is Biafra will lead to a Niger Delta secession bid.

At the end we can only blame Buhari's stupidity and gross sectionalism and yoruba seemingly indifference towards the untold hardship and favoritism that their useless apc has unleashed on the polity.

But let me pause here and warn that this group may be a false flag outfit just as the defunct ghost Niger Delta Avengers which were created by top govt and military officers to create an environment of chaos to steal crude and justify a jihad on the Niger Delta people. If you doubt me then ask why the NDA has since vanished?

I believe this group is another front setup by the useless north to cause chaos across the land. They have since yesterday unleashed Boko haram 2.0.

Any moment from now they will unleash organised chaos with Boko haram, Fulani herdsmen, sectarian riots in the north (on th heels of Buhari's demise announcemet) and this new false flag will justify troop mobilisation to the Niger Delta and from there a coup will be announced which will consolidate power solidly back to the north for an indefinite period.

The new military govt will use the fog of war to declare Marshall law and imprison any dissenting voice

emmasege:
[s]Like IPOB, new group emerges, calls for secession of Niger Delta from Nigeria A new group has demand that it gains independence from Nigeria - The Niger Delta group says when it becomes sovereign, it will place power only in the hands of the qualified - The groups resolution comes after a 6-hour secret meeting A group named Region of the Niger Delta (Rondel) has demanded the sovereignty of the region. The group in a statement by its spokesman, Efe Edet-Tamuno, said its demands are made on a non-violent struggle

The statement reads: "A Demand for the Independence of Rondel from Nigeria in 2018. We the people of the Region of the Niger Delta (Rondel), represented by members of Rondel Solidarity Movement (RSM) - a newly born aggressive but non-violent umbrella body for all intellectuals, groups and associations in the Niger Delta Region, having lived together in the past as a loose federation under the Benin Empire and the great Ijaw and other kingdoms, desirous of searching for our own country since northerners in Nigeria have decided to evacuate southerners from 'their Nigeria' - we today, 07.06.2017 wish to announce the fusion of our various groups into one strong and united non self seeking group to champion our developmental causes and help build our region into a nation of justice, freedom, peace and prosperity. We have, after over 6 hours of a well attended meeting held at a secret location in Rivers State, met and made Resolutions which will be remembered as The Rondel Covenant. The Resolutions are in response to the threat by lazy and ignorant Arewa Youths to divide and destroy Nigeria (disguising as evicting the Igbos - an injury to any Southerner is an injury to all Southerners - the days of divide and conquer has ended) and noting the obvious foot dragging of the Nigerian government over this issue with no one arrested, tried or jailed despite the fact that the treasonable felons are well known and they are all not hiding whereas a certain Nnamdi Kanu of Biafra was incarcerated for over two years for daring to discuss Biafra and a certain Kola Edokpayi of Rondel is currently incarcerated for daring to challenge the government in Edo state.

Like the IPOB, the Region of the Niger Delta (Rondel) says it will breakaway from Nigeria in a non-violent fashion Following the treasonable ultimatum issued by the Arewa Youths with tacit backing of the Arewa Consultative Forum and Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs led by Sultan of Sokoto either of who has not openly condemned the felons and call for their incarceration like they would do when the table turned, and being fed up of being described by the President of Nigeria as 5% undeserving of the benefits of Nigeria, thus desirous to found our own country where we will be treated as citizens with full rights, not some species with 5% rights, We hereby make the following declarations and resolve as follows:

1. That all the intellectuals, groups and associations in the Niger Delta should fuse into Rondel Solidarity Movement and our demands shift from Resource Control to Independence Movement

2. That in our country, we shall return power to the true owners of the lands, the monarchs, in English-style power sharing between the Royals and the people in a Parliamentary system.

3. That we demand Independence for Rondel from Nigeria from 2018.

4. That Rondel comprises all the six states in the present South-South of Nigeria.

5. That Rondel is an acronym derived from the Region of Niger Delta, later Republic of Niger Delta, if the Arewa groups make good their threats.

6. That Rondel is our name, Rondish will be our Language and Rondland shall be our capital city. Details of these, including the locations of Rondland, shall be in our October 1 book.

7. That no inch of Rondel in the six states of Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Cross River, Edo, and Rivers States shall ever be ceded to any other people or nation for any reason whatsoever and all those people drawing maps up and down are hereby warned to desist forthwith or risk our disproportionate vengeance including present and future social and economic sanctions

8. That our motivations for decision to leave Nigeria are first President Buhari's treatment of our people as 5%, Northerner's nearly exclusive illegal and immoral occupation of our oil wells destroying our ecosystems and the eviction notice by Arewa Youths with tacit support of government and the Arewa leaders.

9. That since that treasonable order by Arewa youths, and because no one was arrested, tried and convicted for the high treason, the same matter for which Nnamdi Kalu was imprisoned for about two years, we no longer have faith in one indissoluble Nigeria.

That we state emphatically and without equivocation, that in the likely event of the disintegration of Nigeria, we have resolved to live together in the “Region of Niger Delta', which we henceforth now wish to call RONDEL. That we wish henceforth, as a people, to be known and addressed as Rondelites and our languages to be known as dialects of Rondish, which shall be our Official Language, side by side English.

That our capital city shall be a portion carved out of an existing area in the Region of Niger Delta and to be renamed Rondland. Details, including out national anthem, flag, coat of arms and interim Constitution, will be published in our book, "RONDEL MANIFESTO: The Making of a Nation" to be released on October 1, 2017.

That the Igbo people, and indeed all Africans and foreigners, are heartily welcome to visit, stay, live in or do legitimate business unencumbered anywhere in Rondel now and in the future.

14. That in the event of a breakup and the Biafrans, the Omoluabis, Middle Beltans, etc have their separate countries, we will be willing to enter into economic partnerships to help each other grow their economies and societies to achieve the Millennium Developed Goals.

15. That this Resolution serves as a warning and a Notice to the Nigerian government, the International community, including all the northern states of Nigeria that henceforth, if any Igbo or indeed any Southerner or Middle Beltan Nigerian is ever attacked or killed again anywhere in the north in a hate or xenophobic attack, we shall declare our Independence within three months. This is not a threat but self preservation. That since the Arewa youths have given the Igbos (that implies all southerners, we are not fooled) three months notice to vacate ‘their Nigeria’, we give all northern oil bloc owners three months notice from October 1, 2017 for them to leave the Niger Delta Region or face unpredictable adverse consequences.

17. That we are now ready to take our destiny in our own hands and end this parasitic forced marriage of perpetual disaster since 1914.

18. That we in the Region of Niger Delta declare today 07.06.2017 as the commencement date for our Independence struggle

19. That the minimum demand for negotiation is arrest, prosecution and conviction of all those who were involved in the provocative treasonable felony. Condemning their action or threat to arrest them will not suffice this time.

20. That we wish to declare to the troublesome northerners that Enough is Enough."

In a similar vein, the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide has lashed out at the Movement for the Actualisation of a Sovereign State Of Biafra (MOASSOB) for including the Niger Delta region in its Biafra map. MASSOB and other pro-Biafra group have been agitating for an independent Biafra state and has insisted that the Niger Delta region was part of its territory. However, in a statement issued on Tuesday, June 6, the IYC through its spokesperson, Barr. Henry Iyalla, said while it recognised the Biafra struggle, their agitation predates the south east own. The Ijaw group said it has a separate and distinct identity to the Igbo people and therefore wasn’t part of its territory. The group said: “we wish to state clearly that the Ijaw and Niger Delta struggle for self-determination predates the Biafra agitations”. “It is on record that even before the Biafra declaration of independence in 1967, Major Jasper Adaka Boro during the twelve days revolution declared a Niger- Delta Republic in 1966. This was before the advent and struggle for the actualization of Biafra. “The Ijaw and Niger Delta people had always maintained separate and distinct identity from our Igbo brothers of the South East.

While we share in the Biafra agitation for self-determination which is not in any way different from our agitation; we wish to clearly state that the Ijaw areas are not part and parcel of the territory of Biafra.

“We will collaborate with our south eastern, middle belt and any other minority groups in the quest for self-determination based on mutual respect and common understanding. In the coming days, we will start the constructive engagement on these terms”.


https://www.naij.com/1108893-breaking-like-ipob-group-emerges-calls-secession-niger-delta-nigeria.html[/s]

Afonja at it again with IPAD,EPOD, YIPOD group that can't even call 10 people to sit at home. Any SS that allows himself or herself to be used again like they used your fathers for almost 50 yrs that you are paying for their sins together, deserves to be slapped 900 times because you don't have common sense. Hausa-Fulani and yorubaa are using you people like big f00ls....playing on your intelligence. Most have now waken up thanks to Nnamdi Kanu but those that are still easily hoodwinked even after 50 yrs deserve to be poured very hot water to wake you up...my goodness. They tell you Igbo is your enemy, Igbo will dominate you, you believe it but then I ask you what wrong has Igbo ever done to you? You say None. I ask you again, has Igbo ever dominated you for the nearly 2000 yrs you and Igbos have been living together, side by side without Yoruba and Hausa-Fulani? You say No. SE states borders Delta, Akwa Ibom and Rivers, has any Igbo man ever entered any of these oil states since 1970 to steal your oil? You say No. Who are the majority of those stealing your oil and owns most of your oil blocks? You say Hausa-Fulani and Yorubas. Then what is your problem? I can't understand the way some people reason. I hate dummb foolish people.

I said it that the northerners played their joker too early in the game!

They are Mad