All
is not well within the rank and file of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA)
which has been claiming responsibility for the rash of bomb attacks on
oil and gas installations in the Southsouth over the last few months.
A splinter group from NDA styled
Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA) announced its birth yesterday
citing call for peace in the region by the immediate past President
Goodluck Jonathan and the resolve of the Buhari Administration to clean
up areas devastated by oil and gas exploration.
It also said it is now convinced about
the genuineness of the peace initiative of the Movement for the
Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND).
Spokesman for the RNDA,Cynthia White in a
statement quoted by Sahara Reporters yesterday threatened to expose the
brains behind the recent resurgence of violence in the Niger Delta
which brought oil production down to 1.2million barrels per day from
almost 1.8million barrels.
It offered to join the MEND Aaron Team 2
peace initiative “through the clearing house of Niger Delta Dialogue
and Contact Group (NDDCG) headed by HRH King Alfred Diette-Spiff.”
Besides,it pledged cooperation with
government by “exposing the identities of our comrades who remain
stubborn in their insistence to continue attacks.”The RNDA added: “it
will shock the nation to know the Jekyll and Hyde personality behind the
pseudonym ‘Brigadier General Murdoch Aginibo’ and our sponsors.
It advised the Indigenous People of
Biafra (IPOB) to also embrace peace by accepting the concession
secured by MEND for the release of the detained Biafran agitator,Nnamdi
Kanu,saying those advising Kanu to reject the renunciation of Biafra
as a condition for his release “do not love him or appreciate the level
of treason this simple act of common sense humility can extricate him
from.”
It warned the IPOB that the Niger Delta
will “no longer be your proxy in a war to achieve your ambition,” and
the NDA to “stop being defiant and embrace peace and the wise counsel
we all received from former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Jonathan on a visit to his
successor,president Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday had said he was
working with traditional rulers,elders and opinion leaders in the region
to restore peace following the recent resurgence of violence.
He said he remained firmly against the
balkanization of Nigeria because according to him : “So many countries
produce more oil than Nigeria,nobody notices them;we are great because
of our size,the human resources we have,the diversity we have.If we
fragmentize the country into small components,we will be forgotten by
the world.”
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