Another deadly militant group identified as Niger Delta Revolutionary
Crusaders (NDRC), has on Monday, emerged in the Niger Delta region of
Nigeria, and have joined the Niger Delta Avengers
(NDA), who had
recently declared its intention to resume attacks on oil installations
in the oil-rich region.
The NDRC in a statement by its spokesperson, Woi Izon-Ebi, noted
that, “After a keen observation of our ceasefire, declared on the 17th
day of November, 2016, the Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders want to
resume attacks with a warning to the Nigerian government and the oil
multinationals to be ready for the consequences of their oppressive and
devilish politicization of the Niger Delta agitation and failure to
utilize the precious intervention of our distinguished royal fathers and
elders of PANDEF.”
The statement alleged that the Federal Government had turned the
Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), to the All Progressives
Congress (APC), secretariat, and warned that the Commission “will be the
first casualty of the renewed hostilities in the region because what we
have discovered is so outrageous and shameful.”
The statement read further: “We want to sound it loud again to the
Federal Government that we are fully in support of the Niger Delta
Avengers’ Operation Wall of Jericho and Hurricane Joshua to knock all
oil operations down in the country because enough-is-enough, our next
line of action is not to warn the federal government again, because we
have the capacity as the gods are with us.
“We are freedom fighters that respect our elders, leaders, and royal
fathers. But we take our directives from the gods of the Niger Delta.
Any planned humiliation of our elders, leaders, and royal fathers could
give room to the gods to pour their blessing to all genuine agitators
and freedom fighters to defend their motherland from external aggression
that is being spearheaded by the Fulani caliphate of systematic
cleansing and grabbing of territories.
“We have confidence in the convener/leader of PANDEF, former Federal
Commissioner of Information, Chief Edwin Clark, former military governor
of Old Rivers state, HRM King Alfred Diete Spiff, former governor of
Akwa-Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah, both co-chairmen of PANDEF and
other leaders of the group, contrary to the claim of the Presidency that
the group lacked credible leaders. These are well respected leaders
that control respect in the Niger Delta region.
“So, why is the Federal Government politicizing and trying to
discredit these distinguished personalities of the Niger Delta for their
sincere effort to appease the agitators and freedom fighters of the
Niger Delta to give peace a chance and halt all hostilities.
“The Federal Government was never sincere, all they were looking for
was just to buy time to enable them prepare, acquire sophisticated arms
to commit genocide against the defenseless people of the Niger Delta. It
has been revealed and every right thinking Nigerian is now aware that
the Buhari -led administration is more clueless then the past
administration of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.”
On NDDC, it affirmed that: “The Federal Government has turned NDDC to
APC secretariat. NDDC was established by the past administration of
Olusegun Obasanjo because of the sacrifice of the Niger Delta youths for
the development of the region and the empowerment of the Niger Deltans,
irrespective of their political affiliation, but it has come to our
notice that instead of the NDDC to be responsible to its primary
responsibility of developing the Niger Delta and empowering its people,
it is now used as a political machinery of the APC to cause disunity
among the Niger Delta youths and its people.
“NDDC will be the first casualty of the renewed hostilities in the
region because what we have discovered is so outrageous and shameful. We
are sounding it as a warning to the Executive Director of Finance
directly and all board members to retrace their steps because the NDDC
was born out of the blood and sacrifice of Niger Delta youths. They
should be warned because they and their family members could pay dearly
for this sinful and devilish conspiracy against the Niger Delta.”.

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