The Niger Delta
Avengers, a new militant group operating in the oil-rich region of
Southern Nigeria, has issued a new statement, Tuesday, May 31, 2016 on
the brutal military invasion of Gbaramatu Kingdom in which the group
raised a number of issues with a number of players in the Niger Delta
restiveness.
The statement on the group’s website titled, Tompolo Before Your Eyes Your People Are Suffering, says
that Nigerian soldiers who invaded Gbaramatu Kingdom in Delta State are
committing crimes against humanity including systematic rape of girls
in the community.
Gbaramatu is the home of former Niger
Delta warlord, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo who
has called on the Delta Avengers to cease hostilities and negotiate with the federal government. He has denied any involvement with the group.
The statement, signed by Brigadier
General Mudoch Agbinibo, who appears to have been promoted from the rank
of colonel, calls out the army commanders overseeing the Gbaramatu invasion in which community leaders say that soldiers are looting and burning homes and residents have fled into the forest.
The group also says that a pipeline
contractor, Captain Okunbor Idahosa, chairman and chief executive of Oil
Marine Services has induced Nigerian Army brigade commander of Benin,
Brigadier General Faruk Yahaya and the officer commanding army gunboat
of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF), Major M. B. Yahaya with the sum
of N250 million to destroy Gbaramatu Kingdom under the cover of hunting
for the Niger Delta Avengers.
Oil Marine
Services (OMS) whose Chairman and CEO is Capt. Okunbor Idahosa also
known, as Capt. Hosa is the company Nigerian Government awarded the
Pipeline surveillance contract to spanning from Escravos to Lokoja. The
said Capt. Hosa bribed the Brigade Commander Benin (Brig. Gen. Faruk
Yahaya) alongside the Officer Commanding Army Gunboat, JTF (Major. M. B.
Yahaya) with the sum of two hundred and fifty million naira
(250,000,000) in collaboration with one Ayiri Emami to destroy Gbaramatu
Kingdom in the guise of looking for the Niger Delta Avengers.
The Avengers promise to take vengeance
over these acts of brutality against the innocent people of Delta State
and mocked the army for going after soft targets while they have no
ability to capture the militants.
“To you Capt. Hosa the new pipeline
protector; the intelligence unit of the Avengers has your full data, we
know where all your assets are located and that most of your businesses
are in the Niger Delta. For this single act of injustice against the
innocent people of Gbaramatu you, your wife and entire family will
suffer,” the statement said.
They also mocked Tompolo and expressed disappointment at his collaborative stance with the federal government.
The Niger Delta Avengers say it is waging a war for a free Niger Delta Republic in what it tags, Operation Red Economy,
with a view of halting crude oil production in Nigeria to force the
government to grant the group’s demands. The group has presented an
11-point demand to President Muhammadu Buhari and the first is the
implementation of the recommendations of the 2014 National Conference. [Download Conference report HERE.]
By the way, President Muhammadu Buhari has not read the report and believes it should remain in “the archives”, archives is a code word for dustbin.
Below is the full statement published on the group’s website, reproduced unedited.
Our dear brother Tompolo, how is your
friendship with the Nigerian Government. The people you took side with
against us (the Niger Delta Avengers). We offered you the olive branch
by beckoning you to join us in this struggle, but you refused
It is not our business what goes
on in Gbaramatu Kingdom but our concern is the innocent children, women
and aged people whom the Nigerian military has chased away from their
homes now taking refuge in the forest. We warned you before hand that the Nigerian Government, can never be trusted.
To the Nigeria military, why are you
looking for soft targets? If you are looking for the Avengers you know
how to find us. Don’t deceive your President. Information gathered by
the Intelligence unit of the Niger Delta Avengers revealed that Oil
Marine Services (OMS) whose Chairman and CEO is Capt. Okunbor Idahosa
also known, as Capt. Hosa is the company Nigerian Government awarded the
Pipeline surveillance contract to spanning from Escravos to Lokoja. The
said Capt. Hosa bribed the Brigade Commander Benin (Brig. Gen. Faruk
Yahaya) alongside the Officer Commanding Army Gunboat, JTF (Major. M. B.
Yahaya) with the sum of two hundred and fifty million naira
(250,000,000) in collaboration with one Ayiri Emami to destroy Gbaramatu
Kingdom in the guise of looking for the Niger Delta Avengers.
The question is, why the
innocent people of Gbaramatu, why the innocent pregnant women, why
unleash terror on the aged people of Gbaramatu, Capt. Hosa,
Major Yahaya, Ayiri and Brid. Gen Faruk must you waste all these
innocent blood just to secure the pipeline surveillance job? Why making
the innocent people of Gbaramatu suffer? This act of the Nigerian Army
to us is the greatest act of cowardice. This fight we believe is against
the Avengers and not the innocent villagers of Gbaramatu Kingdom.
Where is the International Community and
the United Nations when all these unspeakable injustice, is served the
people of Gbaramatu Kingdom by the very unprofessional Nigerian
Military? Are they not aware of the raping of young girls,
looting and destruction of properties by the Nigeria military in
Gbaranmatu kingdom?
As for you Tompolo, what do you have to
say about the horrible treatment meted your people by Nigerian Military,
are you still going to call the Niger Delta Avengers criminals, are you
still going to take side with the Nigeria Government against your
people? What happened to you (Tompolo)? We respect the love you have for
your people the Niger Delta. What is really happening to you when the
likes of Mr Ayiri, Capt Hosa and Co are unleashing this kind of
atrocities on your people, has the wealth you acquire made you soft that
you don’t know what to do anymore?
The Nigerian Military cannot intimidate
us by harassing innocent Niger Deltans. Gbaramatu is just one kingdom in
Delta State. The Niger Delta is made up of seven States, it is
therefore very funny to lure us to halt our well-planned line of actions
that will shock the whole world by harassing innocent villagers.
To you Capt. Hosa the new pipeline
protector; the intelligence unit of the Avengers has your full data, we
know where all your assets are located and that most of your businesses
are in the Niger Delta. For this single act of injustice against the
innocent people of Gbaramatu you, your wife and entire family will
suffer.
To Major M.B. Yahaya, we are sure you
have not seen real combat before; how did you rose to the rank of a
Major this is to show that Nigerian Military is finished if it to depend
on people like you. You are only good at harassing innocent women and
children in the name of looking for the Niger Delta Avengers. We are not
surprised because all Nigerian Military are corrupt. Be assured that we
are making this fight personal with you as we shall make your life a
living hell. Can anyone tell the difference between Major MB Yahaya,
Brig. Gen Faruk Yahaya and Boko Haram? We are asking because we cannot
spot any difference.
Is the Nigeria military now a hired gun
for the rich? The Amnesty International should take note of these
officers who authorized the harassing of the innocent people of
Gbaranmatu.
To the International Oil Companies and
Indigenous Oil Companies, it’s going to be bloody this time around. Your
facilities and personnel will bear the brunt of our fury, which shall
fall upon you like a whirling wind.
Brig.Gen Mudoch Agbinibo
Spokesperon.
Spokesperon.
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