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Resurgent Militant group, Niger Delta Avengers has described those
criticizing its operations of attacking pipeline installations in the
region as cowards who can’t fight for their rights.
In a statement by its spokesman, Mudoch Agbinibo, the group claimed
it is fighting for the rights of people of the region, adding that it
has infiltrated the military.
The statement reads, “To the Nigeria military, the Niger Delta
Avengers is among you. And we know all your plans, so we will always be
10 steps ahead of you.
“We have been seeing lots of reports about us in the media. Some are
asking, who are they avenging? Some are calling us empty heads, while
ex-agitators have been condemning us on a daily basis. To our critics
from the region, we want you to know that you are all cowards and afraid
to stand for your people.”
“The Niger Delta Avengers is more concerned with people of Niger
Delta unlike you (ex-agitators) that were into kidnapping, killing of
Nigerian soldiers and piracy.
“But we were able to carry out all our operations without killing a
fly. We have sophisticated arms far better than what you used during
your kidnapping days.
“After the amnesty Programme you (ex-agitators) have been enjoying
patronize from the government and royalty from multinational oil
companies. While we (Avengers) have been strategizing on how the voice
of the Niger Deltans can be heard. We are fighting a radical fight
without taking any life.
“Let us make it clear to you, our elder brothers (ex-agitators) that
we are not begging you to join this campaign. We are young, educated,
well traveled and most of us were educated in East Europe, but do not
worry, when we achieve our goal (sovereign state of Niger Delta), then
you people will be proud of us.
“In as much as we respect you as our elder brothers (ex-agitators),
please do not dare to stand on our way because if you do we will crash
you.
To the citizens of the Niger Delta, who share same idea with us, we
thank you all. Just know that no amount of criticism within and outside
the region can stop us.
“For the record, the Niger Delta Avengers is enjoying the blame game going around.
“In our meeting comprising all heads of the strike teams, which was
held in Bayelsa, the Niger Delta Avengers High Command concluded that if
the military harass or invade any community in the region, then you
(Nigeria military) will get a feel of the Avengers,” it added. [DP]
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