Ceasefire: Do Not Repair Bombed Pipelines, Niger Delta Avengers Warn Oil Companies

…Warn Buhari against turning talks to political jamboree

 
In accepting to halt its campaign of oil pipeline bombing across the Niger
Delta and embrace dialogue, the Niger Delta Avengers warned oil
corporations not to resume repairs of damaged oil pipeline or attempt
shipping oil out of the Niger Delta region until the peace process is
consummated.

The group that claimed responsibility for bombing of oil and gas
installations in the region since February cutting oil output from 2.1
millionbpd to 600,000bpd, in a statement on its website, asked government
to commit oil companies and other stakeholders to the negotiation table in
order for it to halt its ‘öperation red economy”.
“The high command of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) is using this medium
to restate that there are no new items to put on the table for dialogue,
we only want a genuine attitude and conducive atmosphere that will make
us commit to any proposed dialogue and last peace talk.
“We want the federal government to commit members states of the
multinational Oil Corporations to commit independent mediators to this
proposed dialogue; we believed that it is only such environment that will
engender genuine dialogue that will be aimed at setting up a framework for
achieving the short, medium and long term demands of the Niger delta to
de-escalating this conflict and bring about a lasting peace,” the group
said.
It further warned President Buhari not to see the dialogue as an
opportunity to usher in a political jamboree.
“If they refuse to heed our advice will result to sinking of two their
mother vessel as an example to others They should not undertake any repair
of pipeline, oil and gas facilities that are damaged or attacked by our
forces during this period of “Operation Red Economy” until and/or after
the dialogue.
“We are using this medium to warn and condemn the activities of all brands
of social media agitators being peddled around by some politicians to
promote their criminal ways in the affairs of the Niger Delta. This
genuine spirit behind our struggle for the Niger Delta cannot be derailed
on the basis of connivance by politicians, traditional rulers, settled ex-
agitators and criminals moving around to fill their pockets.
“The issues of the Niger delta are as old and as new as the days of Pa.
Dappa Biriye, Major Jasper Isaac Adaka Boro, to Ken Saro Wiwa and the
government of President Musa Yar’ Adua. We are warning this government of
President Muhammadu Buhari, not to turn the essence of genuine peace talk
and dialogue to political jamboree that is prevailing now where all
manner of social media agitators and criminals have being sponsored by
the job seeking corrupt political class to save faces before the
government of the day.
“Finally, if need be we may review our earlier stance of not taking
lives. We are going to redirect and reactivate all our activities if the
government, oil companies and their services firms don’t heed to these
modest warnings of not carrying out any repair works and suspend the
buying of crude oil from our region as we await the right atmosphere that
will engender genuine dialogue.
“We want a peace with honour not a peace of our time”, the group posited.

Culled from Pointblank News