The militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, which has claimed a string
of attacks on oil pipelines on Thursday asked for Western Nations
support to realise some regional autonomy from Nigeria.
“Since the
amalgamation of Nigeria in 1914 to date, our resources have been used
to sustain the political administrative live wire of Nigeria to the
exclusion of the Niger Delta”, said spokesperson of the group, Brig. Gen
Mudoch Agbinibo, in a statement on the group’s website Thursday.
“Finally,
we are calling on the international community, to come and support the
restoration of our right to peaceful self-determination from this
tragedy of 1914 that has expired since 2014. We want our resources back
to restore the essence of human life in our region for generations to
come because Nigeria has failed to do that. The world should not wait
until we go the Sudan ways. Enough is enough”
Here is the full statement by the group, as published on its website:
ENOUGH OF THIS INJUSTICE.
Since the day
crude oil was discovered in commercial quantity and quality in Oloibiri,
present day Bayelsa state, what we have being asking from successive
governments in Nigeria is portable drinking water in the midst of plenty
of water mass, electricity, roads, employment, quality
education/educational facilities, resource control, participation in the
oil business and inclusive governance that will engender substantial
freedom.
The reserve(sic) have been the case, from
Oloibiri, Brass LNLG and export terminals in Bayelsa; Bonny LNLG and
export terminals in River state; ExxonMobil in Akwa Ibom; Escravos EGTL/
Tankfarm and export terminals; Forcados Tankfarm and export terminals
in Delta state operated respectively by Anglo-Dutch Shell,
Chevron/Texaco Over seas, Agip ENI, ExxonMobil. The history of the
communal lives is terror of poverty, inhumanity and desolate living
conditions. But when you move into these facilities operated by the
Multinational Oil Corporations, they are living like Kings and
Presidents.
For
over five decades, we have given Multinational Oil Corporations and
their collaborator the Nigerian State peace, cooperation and love for
the crude oil to flow unhindered from our land. The continuous
tranquility is only manifesting in the development of mountains, rock,
valleys, deserts and lagoon but the Niger Delta territory continually
alienated from all types of development and all essence of quality human
life. Main while all successive governments worships the crude oil
taken from the region. Our communities and the people are only good at
securing the pipelines, oil and gas facilities. What a tragedy?
We
are calling on the international community especially Britain, France,
the United State of America, Russia, China and European Union to speak
up against this ongoing terror and come to the aid of the Niger Delta,
as witnesses to this grave inhumanity and history of terror perpetuated
against the people of the Niger Delta daily. This history of terror, we
the Niger Delta Avengers will resist and correct with every means
necessary. We have nothing to loose in the battles ahead; justice they
say is only found within the structure of a nation state, rather than
provide this justice the Nigerian government has decided to mobilise her
military might to intimidate, torture, maim, victimise and bombard a
section of the nation state and her citizenry to allow the free flow of
our oil.
Some persons, groups, and commentators may ask,
what do the people of Niger delta want? We are not like some of these
personalities who run champagne parties or turn Rivers State Government
House into a house patrimony of god-sons and prebendalism. They says the
progress and success of a nation state is the reflection of her
constitution that is not manufactured to favour some section and
excludes the yearning and aspirations of others; but the indwelling
spiritual and historical development of its people.
Since
the amalgamation of Nigeria in 1914 to date, our resources have been
used to sustain the political administrative live wire of Nigeria to the
exclusion of the Niger Delta.
Finally, we are calling on
the international community, to come and support the restoration of our
right to peaceful self-determination from this tragedy of 1914 that has
expired since 2014. We want our resources back to restore the essence
of human life in our region for generations to come because Nigeria has
failed to do that. The world should not wait until we go the Sudan ways.
Enough is enough
God Bless Niger Delta People.
Brig. Gen Mudoch Agbinibo
Spokesperson
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