A coalition of Niger Delta
militants has insisted that Northerners living in the region should leave,
despite Acting President Yemi Osinbajo’s warning against hate speeches and
threats.
In a statement released on
Thursday, the militant groups lamented that none of the leaders of the northern
groups that issued the quit notice to the people of the South-East living in
the North had been arrested.
Signatories to the statement
issued in Port Harcourt, under the aegis of the Coalition of Niger Delta
Agitators, are John Duku (Niger Delta Watchdogs), Ekpo Ekpo (Niger Delta
Volunteers), Osarolor Nedam (Niger Delta Warriors), Okon Etete (Niger Delta
Peoples Fighters), and Asukwo Henshaw (Bakassi Freedom Fighters).
Others are Ibinabo Horsfall
(Niger Delta Movement for Justice), Duke Emmanson (Niger Delta Fighters
Network), Inibeghe Adams (Niger Delta Freedom Mandate), and Ibinabo Tariah
(Niger Delta Development Network).
“As a follow-up on our previous press release,
a joint meeting between the Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators and youth
leaders across the Niger Delta region held today (Thursday) in Port Harcourt to
review the state of the Nigerian nation and the position of Niger Delta in the
Nigerian state. After hours of deliberation; we hereby resolve as follows:
“All northerners living in the
Niger Delta have been given three-month notice to quit the Niger Delta before
October 1, 2017. We still stand by our previous decisions and we demand the
immediate return of the oil blocs owned by northerners to Niger Delta people.
“All oil and gas companies
operating in oil bloc(s)/well(s) illegally owned by northerners should also
vacate such oil blocs/wells/platforms before October 1, 2017.
“We demand an immediate relocation of the NNPC
headquarters to the Niger Delta and the replacement of the Group Managing
Director of the NNPC with an indigene of the Niger Delta region. All
offices/boards/agencies that have anything to do with oil and gas should be
relocated immediately to the Niger Delta region and all non-Niger Delta
directors/staff replaced with Niger Delta indigenes,” the coalition said.
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