Niger Delta Avengers seek international support, say attack on pipelines will continue
The Niger Delta Avengers, have urged the international community to support its quest for self-determination for the region, adding that the sabotage of oil installations would not stop until the federal government addresses its demand for justice.
The group said in a statement by its spokesman, Mudoch Agbinibo on Thursday.
It said, “We are calling on the international community to come and support the restoration of our rights to peaceful self-determination from this tragedy of 1914 that has expired since 2014.”
The group added that it would not stop hitting on oil pipelines and disrupting the mainstay of the nation’s economy unless its conditions, including the need for the resources of the region to be used for the benefits of its people were positively met by the federal government.
It added, “Since the amalgamation of Nigeria in 1914 to date, our resources have been used to sustain the political administrative livewire of Nigeria to the exclusion of the Niger Delta” the group said, adding: “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.”
The NDA called on the international community especially the advanced countries of Europe, America and Asia, “to come to the aid of the Niger Delta.”
In the statement entitled, “Enough of This Injustice,” the group said that it was disheartening that the people of the Niger Delta remained peaceful for over 50 years while the international oil companies, IOCs, exploited oil from the region, adding that the Nigerian government used the proceeds to develop Lagos, Abuja and other parts of the country to the exclusion of the Niger Delta.
It continued, “Since the day crude oil was discovered in commercial quantity and quality in Oloibiri (present day Bayelsa State), what we have been asking from successive governments in Nigeria is potable (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.
