Militant group, Niger Delta
Revolutionary Crusaders, NDRC, on Tuesday, warned that should the Federal
Government fails to implement the various agreements reached with leaders of
the region, it will bring down oil production to zero barrel per day.
In a statement by the
spokesperson, W O I Izon-Ebi, NDRC, said the Federal Government should, “keep
to its own side of the bargain by giving specific timeline of the implementation
of the various agreements reached with the region.”
NDRC also warned that contracts
for the surveillance of pipelines in the region cannot stop bombing, unless
equity and the agreement Federal Government reached with PANDEF on the 3rd of
August 2017 is implemented.
The militant warned that youths
of Niger Delta were tired of watching over oil pipelines in the region, while
the “proceeds of the oil are used to develop other regions.”
The statement reads, “We want to
use this medium to warn the Federal Government that the existing peace and
détente was predicated on the agreement between it and us. We demand that the
federal government keeps to its own side of the bargain by giving us a specific
timeline of the implementation of the various agreements.
“Also we want to tell the
government and in particular the Special Adviser to the President on Niger
Delta Affairs, Brigadier Gen Paul Boroh (retd), that the amnesty and pipeline
surveillance contracts cannot stop the bombing of pipelines, but only justice,
equity and the agreement reached with PANDEF on the 3rd of August 2017 can
guarantee the safety of the pipelines and other oil infrastructures.
“The Niger Delta youths are tired
of watching over pipelines, while the proceeds of the oil are used to develop
other regions. We equivocally reject the pipeline surveillance and amnesty
being proposed by Major Paul Boroh through the back door.
“We are urging all Niger Deltans
to come out en mass to demand for peaceful coexistence, a stop to nepotism in
appointments, justice, equity and demand for the immediate implementation of
the agreement reached with PANDEF on the 3rd of August 2017.
“We equally use this opportunity
to urge NDA to make a statement because their prolonged silence is seen as
tacit support for the blacklegs and traitors in the region.
“Before the ceasefire, oil
production was at its lowest of 800 barrels per day, but for the quick
intervention of PANDEF, it has risen to 2.2million barrels per day and this has
helped to boost the revenue of the federal government toward getting us out of
recession.
“If all these sacrifices and
understanding of all agitators is being taken for cowardice, God forbid, the
time would come for zero barrel of oil production until all agreements are
rectified, starting from the 1958 Willinks Commission Report on the minority
till date.”
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