A group of militants in the Niger Delta have declared that there
will be more attacks and killings at major oil stations to cripple
the economy until the Federal Government addresses some
issues affecting the country.
This was as the group described governors in the region,
particularly those in the South-East, as cowards for their
seeming silence in the face of repeated attacks by Fulani
herdsmen.
The militants, under the aegis of Concerned Militant Leaders
(CMLs), made this known in a statement issued in Port
Harcourt, Rivers State, on Saturday, and made available to
Sunday Tribune.
Members of the group further said they were in support of the
militants who bombed the Chevron platform in Abiteye, Warri
North Local Government Area of Delta State, during the week.
They also threatened to bomb more oil flow stations in the
region, just as they described the incessant attacks by the Fulani
hersdmen on their host communities as an indirect war by the
Federal Government.
Spokesperson of the group, simply known as General Ben,
described the governors as cowards for not putting up any
resistance in the face of the attacks.
He said, in the statement, that the group was more annoyed that
the governors could not rise up for outright condemnation of the
havoc Fulani herdsmen had wreaked in their respective states.
He said the group was also sadenned by the recent killings in
Aba, Abia State, allegedly by soldiers, saying it was too
challenging.
“The Fulani cattle rearers recently killed our people in Ukpabi
Nimbo, in Uzouwani Local Government Area of Enugu State.
“Also, before then, they had killed our Igbo brethren in Irete, Imo
State; they have also murdered our people in Delta State and
many other places. Last Thursday, soldiers killed two innocent
persons in Aba, Abia State.
“In all these unwarranted killings, the governors cannot come
out and tell Federal Government that ‘enough is enough’. It is
shameful that we do not have governors who are bold.
“They cannot even condemn the Grazing Bill. This is
unacceptable. Grazing Bill should be for the North and not the
Niger Delta region. This is another Boko Haram in disguise in
the region. It cannot happen.
“We are telling them [Niger Delta governors] that we will give
maximum support to any group that comes out to fight
oppression in whatever disguise, against our people.
“It is an abomination for a stranger or visitor to kill the owner of
the house. We cannot allow it to go freely,” the statement read.
The militants said they were not part of the amnesty programme
of Federal Government and gave a two-week ultimatum to the
will be more attacks and killings at major oil stations to cripple
the economy until the Federal Government addresses some
issues affecting the country.
This was as the group described governors in the region,
particularly those in the South-East, as cowards for their
seeming silence in the face of repeated attacks by Fulani
herdsmen.
The militants, under the aegis of Concerned Militant Leaders
(CMLs), made this known in a statement issued in Port
Harcourt, Rivers State, on Saturday, and made available to
Sunday Tribune.
Members of the group further said they were in support of the
militants who bombed the Chevron platform in Abiteye, Warri
North Local Government Area of Delta State, during the week.
They also threatened to bomb more oil flow stations in the
region, just as they described the incessant attacks by the Fulani
hersdmen on their host communities as an indirect war by the
Federal Government.
Spokesperson of the group, simply known as General Ben,
described the governors as cowards for not putting up any
resistance in the face of the attacks.
He said, in the statement, that the group was more annoyed that
the governors could not rise up for outright condemnation of the
havoc Fulani herdsmen had wreaked in their respective states.
He said the group was also sadenned by the recent killings in
Aba, Abia State, allegedly by soldiers, saying it was too
challenging.
“The Fulani cattle rearers recently killed our people in Ukpabi
Nimbo, in Uzouwani Local Government Area of Enugu State.
“Also, before then, they had killed our Igbo brethren in Irete, Imo
State; they have also murdered our people in Delta State and
many other places. Last Thursday, soldiers killed two innocent
persons in Aba, Abia State.
“In all these unwarranted killings, the governors cannot come
out and tell Federal Government that ‘enough is enough’. It is
shameful that we do not have governors who are bold.
“They cannot even condemn the Grazing Bill. This is
unacceptable. Grazing Bill should be for the North and not the
Niger Delta region. This is another Boko Haram in disguise in
the region. It cannot happen.
“We are telling them [Niger Delta governors] that we will give
maximum support to any group that comes out to fight
oppression in whatever disguise, against our people.
“It is an abomination for a stranger or visitor to kill the owner of
the house. We cannot allow it to go freely,” the statement read.
The militants said they were not part of the amnesty programme
of Federal Government and gave a two-week ultimatum to the
Fulani herdsmen to vacate the Niger Delta region.
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