Despite the purported division among the members of the
Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), the militant group has thrown up a daring challenge
against the Nigerian military to show up in the creeks for the world to see who
is who, instead of sitting in their comfort zone to make threats.
The group’s spokesman, popular known as General Muddoch
Aginibo debunked report made by the government that some members of the
militant group had been arrested.
While speaking, he said that their camp is intact, and that
it was ill-fated for the military to be killing innocent Nigerians from the
region in the pretence of looking for NDA members out of frustration.
“If the Nigeria
military is serious about arresting NDA let them come to the creeks of the
Niger Delta, that is where we dwell not the city.
“If I (Brigadier General Moduch Agbinibo) were the
Commanding Officer NNS Delta (Commodore Joseph Dzunve) and commander of the
so-called Operation Delta Safe (Rear Admiral Joseph Okojie), I would have been
in the creeks instead of sitting in the comfort of my air-conditioned office,”
the statement read.
Agbinibo went further to warn elders in the region to be
careful of the antics of the Federal Government, adding that the government was
not sincere about any negotiation to end hostilities and bring about the needed
development of the region.
“Can you tell the world the government official you have
been dialoguing with? Is it the president? Or is any of the committees set up
for it? We respect you our elders, as such stop behaving as if the Niger Delta
is a seized region and stop acting like you are begging the government for
dialogue.
“The worse the government will do is to bombard our villages
and towns in the name of looking for NDA. So, our elders should tread carefully
with the Nigeria government. The reason behind military harassment of towns and
villages in the Niger Delta is because NDA has not confronted the Nigeria
military in battle.
”We are not scared in confronting you. The creeks of the
Niger Delta belong to us, so defeating the Nigeria military is not hard for us.
We have made it clear on many occasions that our business is to cripple the
Nigeria economy not to kill military. The Nigeria military should not think we
(NDA) avoiding them is a sign of weakness.”
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