A coalition of Niger Delta militants is demanding from the Federal Government the return of all oil blocs controlled by Northerners to the people of the oil producing region.

The demand is in retaliation for the order issued by Northern youth organizations to the Igbo in the north to quit the region by October 1.

The Niger Delta Watchdogs, Niger Delta Volunteers, Niger Delta Peoples Fighters, Niger Delta Warriors, Bakassi Freedom Fighters, Niger Delta Movement for Justice, Niger Delta Fighters Network and Niger Delta Freedom Mandate,said in a joint statement yesterday that they also intend to declare an independent Niger Delta on October 1 with a view to freeing their people from what they called northern enslavement.

The communiqué was signed by ‘General’ John Duku (Niger Delta Watchdogs and Convener: Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators), ‘General’ Ekpo Ekpo (Niger Delta Volunteers), ‘General’ Osarolor Nedam (Niger Delta Warriors), and ‘Major-Gen.’ Henry Okon Etete (Niger Delta Peoples Fighters).

Others are ‘Major-Gen.’ Asukwo Henshaw (Bakassi Freedom Fighters), ‘Major-Gen.’ Ibinabo Horsfall (Niger Delta Movement for Justice), ‘Major-Gen.’ Duke Emmanson (Niger Delta Fighters Network), and ‘Major-Gen.’ Inibeghe Adams (Niger Delta Freedom Mandate).

Besides, they warned all the companies operating such oil blocs to quit within three months.

The group said: “A coalition of the Niger Delta militants met today in Port Harcourt to review the recent call by the Arewa Youths groups that the Ndigbo should vacate all the Northern states within three months.

“We see the declaration by Arewa Youths as a declaration which the northern elders, leaders, political elite, security heads from the North and governors were fully aware of.

“We demand 100 per cent control of our resources. We demand that the Federal Government should hand over all oil blocs owned by northerners to Niger Delta indigenes. All the companies operating in such oil blocs/wells should vacate within three months.

“The Federal Government should immediately relocate NNPC and all the offices that have to do with oil/gas sector back to Niger Delta states and immediately replace the Group Managing Director with an indigene of Niger Delta.

“All northern indigenes working in NNPC and any other board that has anything to do with oil/gas should be sacked with immediate effect.

“We demand an independent and sovereign Republic of Niger Delta. We are tired of living with the North under Nigeria. We are tired of the President’s sentiments against the Niger Delta people.

“The President can have time to receive the Chibok girls but could not have time to meet with the representatives of the Niger Delta agitators. Our money has been used to fund Boko Haram, a problem created by the Northerners in order to use it as conduit pipe to siphon the resources of Niger Delta.

“On October 1, 2017 we shall declare our independence come rain, come shine. We shall take our destiny in our hands and free ourselves from the slavery of the North as they are tired of one Nigeria.”

The north will be the dumbest cowards in this country if they back down on their threats

PMBNG:
Okay, abeg make una resume bombings.

taylor88:


op and ftc

bro believe it u not making heaven

Dasgoro:
When all this people turn General lol. Another trouble wan start

STFUand4kMeHARD:
Buhari why

While I have never supported the policy of allocating the oil blocks owned exclusively by the Federal Government to selected individuals and foreign oil companies it is pertinent to point out that the list published by the media last week is totally outdated and grossly misleading. The list contained only the names of those who were allocated oil blocks under the defunct military junta. In other words, the list did not contain the names of the other traders who have been allocated oil blocks by the ruling party since 1999. Equally missing from the list are the names of multinational companies otherwise called “Oil majors” which control and manage the lion share of the oil and gas industry. For instance, I have a suit pending at the Federal High Court against the Ministry of Petroleum Resources over the renewal of the expired 40-year old licences of three oil blocks (which produce 580,000 barrels of crude oil per day) for Mobil Producing last year for the sum of $600 million notwithstanding that a Chinese oil company had offered to pay $5.8 billion for the same oil blocks !

DaudaAbu:


Have they not been told that majority of the oil block is owned by expatriates?

Abi they want to be like south African ,hunting yoir fellow nigeeians when the real oil blocks are owned by whites, non nigerian multi nationals

PMBNG:
Okay, abeg make una resume bombings.

DaudaAbu:


Have they not been told that majority of the oil block is owned by expatriates?

Abi they want to be like south African ,hunting yoir fellow nigeeians when the real oil blocks are owned by whites, non nigerian multi nationals

Oluwashegunnn:
For real ....am with the nigerdeltan militants on this...if the northerners can run their mouth anyhow thinking they are powerful....then let everywhere scatter...they want Easterners out of their town.....they should be ready to drop their oil concessions...

Oluwashegunnn:
majority of oil owned by who.....get your facts straight...expatriates own the oil refining companies..not the oil wells....haven't u heard of northerners like indimi....ty danjuma .....sule maitama...all these northerners own large concessions of oil wells......or y do u think northern elders forum disassociated them selves from the threat....they want to protect their oil interest...

STFUand4kMeHARD:

We don't care who owns what ... everything is going down ... That's all

Dasgoro:
When all this people turn General lol. Another trouble wan start

Nogodye:
At this jucture,i think we shoule part way coz i'm tired of this country...

ZombieTERROR:

I think at this juncture we shall all sue for peace...
But it was utterly low of the arewa youths to issue threats in the first place
Nobody has the monopoly of violence and threats

But bro who bombing don epp?
In the words of the new day
Who? Who? Who? Who?