The Supreme Egbesu Liberation Fighters, a group of Niger
Delta militants, has threatened to destroy infrastructure in Lagos and Abuja.
In a video posted on Tuesday by Africa Independent
Television (AIT), the group accused the federal government of marginalising the
region and failing to deliver on the amnesty programme.
Reading from a statement, a masked member of the group said
after accepting the amnesty pact, “till date, there are no schools, no potable
water, no light, no hospital and access roads for our people to enjoy”.
The group also complained that “no meaningful progress has been made” with the Ogboni clean-up project “because the Nigerian government has decided to place politics against the meaningful development of our people”.
It asked the government to allow the region to manage its
resources “the way Zamfara gold mining sector is being handled by their own
people”.
“Over the years, the Niger Delta people have made frantic
efforts to create an enabling environment… but to our great dismay, the
Nigerian government over the years has decided to handle the issues of the
Niger Delta with kid gloves. They have betrayed the struggle and have left the
people to their fate,” a member of the group read from a statement.
“Rather, what is visible is the presence of military gunboat
and the numerous military personnel dispersed to the Niger Delta who are
killing, raping, and maiming the innocent people of the region.
“Look at the security surveillance contract taking place in
our region through the federal government these agencies in place have decided
to shortchange our people. Now in our territorial waters, it is an Israeli
company that is providing waterway security which we have competent hands with
expert knowledge to manage.
“Don’t worry, because we are coming to destroy all your
infrastructure in Abuja and Lagos. As a group committed to giving total
liberation to our people, we will destroy the oil facilities both onshore and
offshore in no distant time, we will be seen to be crippling the Nigerian
economy.”
The group nominated ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, to mediate between it and the federal
government.
The threat of attacks by the militants is coming at a time
when Nigeria is grappling with banditry, kidnapping and terrorism in various
parts of the country.
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