A militant group, Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders (NDRC),
has warned that it would resist, with the last drop of its members’ blood,
further oil exploration and exploitation in the Niger Delta, if the North
executes its alleged agenda of sabotaging the acting President, Prof Yemi
Osinbajo.
The group warned that if the North thwarts the demand for
restructuring of the country and implementation of policies and laws to promote
fiscal federalism, its members may be forced to return to their trenches.
In a statement by its spokesperson, WOI Izon-Ebi, the NDRC
said: “For those with this sinister
motive, because they feel President Muhammadu Buhari is debilitated, we advise
them to keep the money to fund their junta government because NDRC will resist,
with their last blood, the use of revenue from oil extracted from the Niger
Delta to fund their greed and perfidy.”
Underscoring its readiness to stop the flow of oil from the
region, the group said: “We call on all
oil workers in the Niger Delta to vacate all oil facilities for their own
safety. We also call on the operators of the Bonga Oil Field, Nigerian
Liquefied Natural Gas, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Port Harcourt
Refinery and Warri Refinery to stop all forms of operation because our strike and
defence team will be coming to hoist our flag of freedom as a people in all our
critical infrastructure and assets of the Niger Deltans”.
We reiterate, in strong terms, the need for the restructuring
of the country and enthronement of fiscal federalism before October 1, 2017.
For the avoidance of doubt, let it be known that the NDRC and
other agitators are aware of the plan by a section of the country to carry out
a coup to truncate the leadership of Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo as
Mr. President, Muhammadu Buhari, is currently in London for medical treatment.
There will be no exploration or exploitation of oil in the Niger Delta, if a
coup occurs before the October 1, 2017 date.
NDRC and the amalgamation of all freedom fighters with the
21st century youth of the Niger Delta from the South-South region of the
country stand in solidarity with the people of the South–East.
We will no longer accept the born-to-rule mentality of an
ethnic group, which exploits others for the benefit of a few, and reiterate
that fiscal federalism with power devolved to the regions is the only panacea
for peace in the country.
The NDRC and the people of the Niger Delta can no longer
tolerate vituperations of people like Ango Abdullahi and Junaid Mohammed, who
are beating the drums of hatred and war.
Our advice to the government and so-called owners of Nigeria
is that there is no slave/master relationship in the Nigerian federation, and
there is no recorded Nigerian history where Usman Dan Fodio conquered the
people of the Niger Delta, and as such made the Niger Delta become inferior to
the people of the caliphate.
The NDRC states categorically that societies are built on
justice and equity, and as such, come September 31, 2017, we will prove that
this is the 21st century and that the renaissance of the Niger Delta has begun.
“If our
fathers in their benevolence, love and sacrifice are seen as cowards, we, the
Niger Delta youth of this 21st century are not cowards, and we can prove it”, the group
warned.
The group called on all Ijaws and Niger Deltans scattered
across Nigeria and West Africa “to
immediately come back to their fatherland,” saying: “It has been made known openly by one Alhaji Usman Bagagi of the
Northern Elders and Leaders Forum that the North owns the oil and the Niger
Delta region because of their landmass and population”.
“It is also
known by all in Nigeria and the world that the northerners under the guise of
Arewa youth had asked all Igbos living in the Northern part of the country to
vacate the North in three months”, the group added, and advised the
Federal Government to do the needful by taming all drummers of war and hate
before it would be too late.
Source:- www.thetidenewsonline.com
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