Just In: Avengers Vow to Declare Niger Delta Independence on October 1...Shocking Details

Posted by Odinaka on Thu 18th Aug, 2016 - tori.ng

The militant group giving mixed signals regarding dialogue with the federal government, has vowed to declare the Niger Delta region an independent entity on October 1, 2016.

In a statement released its website on Thursday, popular militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, has vowed to declare the Niger Delta region an independent entity on October 1, 2016.

Recall that we reported it yesterday that Ballantyne Agiri, the alleged spokesman for the dialogue group of the Avengers, indicated the readiness of the group to engage the federal government in dialogue in order to resolve the lingering crisis.

In the new statement, Mudoch Agbinibo, the spokesman of the Avengers, denied the report saying that Ballantyne Agiri was not authorised to speak for the militant group, and maintained that the Niger Delta no longer wants to be part of Nigeria.

Below is the statement in full;

OUR PRAYER FOR BUHARI.

"Our prayer for Buhari and the Northern hypocrite (Northern Governors) is that oil should be found in commercial quantity in the North, so they can let the Niger Delta go.

"The Buhari Led government has fail Nigerians with their misdirected policies that has divide the country, as such nobody wants to be part of that failed state not even the Niger Delta.

"The October 1st, declaration of independence is still sacrosanct. If the Nigeria government fails to retrace it’s step by restructuring this country.

"We want to warn the general public that those using NDA to defraud people days of reckoning is close.

Brig.Gen Mudoch Agbinibo

Spokesperson.