THE Niger Delta
Avengers, NDA, weekend,
said since President
Muhammadu Buhari had
decided to shun the demand
for legitimate dialogue with
militants and stakeholders on
the Niger Delta question, it
would continue to encumber
all avenues by him to export
crude oil from the region.
Avengers, in an exclusive
interview with Vanguard,
disclosed that the struggle
has entered a new phase
with Buhari’s disposition of
winning the battle and losing
the war.
It also denied the
widespread belief that ex-
militant leader, Government
Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo,
recently nominated by the
Movement for the
Emancipation of the Niger
Delta, MEND, as a member of
its Aaron 2 Negotiating
Team, was the sponsor of
Avengers.
This came as another militant
group, Niger Delta
Revolutionary Crusaders,
NDRC, declared that it was
ready to fight government
and the Saudi Arabia
mercenaries it was allegedly
engaging over the God-
given resources of Ijaw
people, while the Ijaw People
Development Initiative, IPD,
insisted that the way out was
to conduct a referendum for
the people to make their
choice.
In a related development, a
group, the Toru-Ebe State
Creation Movement, said the
quick fix to the ongoing
bombings was for the federal
government to create Toru-
Ebe state for the Ijaw in the
western flank of Niger Delta
inhabiting Edo, Delta and
Ondo states.
More details soon