Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders, NDRC, one of the militant groups
that asked the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, led by Chief Edwin Clark,
to stop all engagements with the Federal Government, has announced that
it will commence fresh attacks on oil facilities on September 31.
“Our grievance with government is that after the consolatory
statement of the government by Prof. Osinbajo, nothing is on ground to
show sincerity by government”, NDRC said in a statement on Sunday by its
spokesperson, Izon Ebi
“Our grievance is borne out of the insincerity of Nigeria’s past and
current leaders who after using out wealth and resources to build both
Lagos and Abuja and even stealing for themselves and their unborn
children, decided to bequeath a degraded environment to us and our
children”, it added.
It noted that the agitators had resolved and were more determined to
use all necessary means “to take back our heritage by stopping all oil
and gas exploration and exportation in Niger Delta come September 31,
2017. And when that time comes, heaven will not fall.
“We have resolved that resource control, fiscal federalism and
devolution of powers are the only panacea. Anything short of that will
not be acceptable to NDRC and the 21st century agitators of the Niger
Delta.
“Our elders and distinguished personalities of PANDEF have tried in
their advocacy. We realize that the balancing act of being elder
statesmen and resource control advocates can be a very touchy act. That
is why our goal is in consonance with the vision of Niger Delta’s
emerging youth leaders in the clamour for resource control.
“The Nigerian nation should be grateful to PANDEF and most especially
the acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, who was so sincere in trying
to do things in line with the best global practices of this 21st
century, but the Nigerian elite and state, who feed fat on the resources
of the Niger Delta do not care about the plight of the Niger Delta
people.”
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