The
problem of the Niger Delta Avengers who orchestrated about 17 potent
attacks on oil pipelines in the South-south part of Nigeria is still a
lingering issue. The immediate past President, Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide, Mr.
Udengs Eradiri, has revealed that some external forces are behind the
activities of the militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers.
Eradiri, who made the revelation in an interview in Yenagoa on
Tuesday, claimed that even the Federal Government was aware of the whole
scheme.
He faulted the government’s handling of the agitations of the
militant group, saying that agitations in the region arose from long
years of underdevelopment, neglect, lack of equity, insincerity, among
other challenges.
Eradiri said though he did not believe in violent agitation, he
supported the agitation by the Avengers, rationalising that agitation
was the only language the government understood in this country.
He said to solve the agitations in the region, the government had
to show more commitment and seriousness in addressing the causes of
agitations.
Eradiri stated, ”The government is not serious. All they want
to do is blackmail some persons politically and dent people’s images. I
am from this area and I know how it works. All I want is for everything
to hear better.
”I believe and I know that all these Avengers’ stuff and
threats are external. They are fuelled by external forces; people who
just want to disrupt things are behind it. Their thinking is that money
will come out it through negotiation. Even the government knows about
it. It is all about destabilising things and stealing money from system.
”My advice to the youth is that they should continue to
agitate. Yes, the only language that they understand is constant
agitation. If they did not agitate, the Amnesty budget, you remember I
was shouting, it was N20bn down from N56bn.
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