NAIJA DELTA MILITANTS DECLARE CEASEFIRE,GIVES THE GOVERNMENT CONDITION FOR PEACE

Few days ago at ABUJA —President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the military to suspend operations in the Niger Delta for two weeks to create a window for dialogue with militants.


 Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, disclosed this in Abuja, yesterday. According to him, the Federal Government is determined to explore the dialogue option, with a view to restoring genuine peace in the region, where oil production has been significantly hurt by activities of the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, in the last two months. President Buhari He said: “The President is interested in dialogue and has mandated the military to halt actions for about two weeks to ensure a team that will be led by the NSA, dialogues with the militants to ensure peace in the region. This is coming as more oil companies in the Niger Delta have reviewed their operations, following
continued bombing of their facilities in Delta and Bayelsa states. Avenue open to militants, says Kachikwu ‘’The avenue is open for them, provided the militants are willing to embrace dialogue and allow truth to reign because we are going to involve key leaders from the region who have had previous experience in that area to play whatever role they can" More

 

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WINDOW FOR DIALOGUE

The Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF), which emerged in solidarity with the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) a few weeks ago, has announced a ceasefire following Federal Government’s offer of a dialogue.

JNDLF had threatened to blow up aircraft through the launch of anti-aircraft missiles as part of planned effort to shut the country’s airspace.

In a statement, the group said government would need to fulfill certain conditions if it wanted the temporary peace to continue, adding that they were not negotiating for pecuniary benefit but for the genuine development of the Niger Delta.

Part of the conditions was the immediate release of Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd), who is standing trial for alleged mismanagement of $2.1 billion arms funds; unfreezing of the bank accounts of Government Ekpemupolo also known as Tompolo; establishment of Maritime University in Okerenkoko, Delta State, among others.

JNDLF named the governors of the Niger Delta region as their representatives in the proposed dialogue, but threatened to go after the governors should they betray them.

“We shall continue to engage in dialogue if our demands are met. Our representatives for the dialogue, especially the governors and others will not betray our demands with the Federal Government.

“Any betrayal on their own part shall be viewed as betrayal of the entire region and we shall go after them immediately, as they know our mode of operation and that they will not escape from us.

“There is no gainsaying the fact that we made our earlier promise to launch six missiles simultaneously against some targeted areas. But this was waived aside as a result of appeals made to us through email by the Federal Government and some international nations to open talks with Buhari.

“We saw some genuine aspiration on the part of Buhari, who made several contacts to us to see reason with them over the issue of under-development of the region.

“And since he (Buhari) had set the ball rolling for a clear negotiation with us, there is no problem without solution. We have therefore declared ceasefire in order to negotiate with the government if it is a true reflection of what they have in mind to develop the Niger Delta region,”

 

I HOPE Our Pharaoh (BUHARI) WOULD ACT AS HE HAS SAID

NAIJA DEY YOUR HAND OHHHHH

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