Tag: Niger-Delta militants

Ex-N/Delta militants have migrated to piracy, devastating local communities, Residents cry out

Aminu Imam

Residents of Niger-Delta have raised the alarm over the astronomical increase in piracy, kidnapping, deadly fights among pirates and attacks on oil infrastructure in the region. From being politically motivated, early militant groups staging attacks against oil infrastructure to modern-day criminal groups pouncing on locals and foreigners, piracy and maritime criminality have proven to be elusive to the many efforts to counter criminality in the Niger-Delta region. It was gathered that while many ex-Niger Delta militants totally embraced amnesty and are doing well in different fields of endeavours, others did…

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Suspected Niger Delta militants launch attack on Nigerian Navy, kill operatives

Aminu Imam

Assailants, suspected to be Niger Delta Avengers, (NDA), have attacked Nigerian Navy personnel deployed to a waterways security vessel in Bayelsa State, killing some of the military men. The NDA is a militant group in the Niger-Delta region. According to a video released by the attackers, about three personnel were seen down, as the Niger Delta militants continued the heavy gun battle with the military. The assailants, on June 27, had threatened that they would return with ‘Operation Humble‘ which is similar to its ‘Operation Red‘ of 2016, designed to…

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‘N/Delta Avengers’ sabre-rattling rather unnecessary’, Says Buhari

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the threat issued by the Niger Delta Avengers on Saturday is rather unnecessary. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in an issued statement, quoted Buhari as saying that all issues raised by the group were already responded to when the president met with the leadership of the Niger Delta and Ijaw National Congress (INC), at the Presidential Villa, on Thursday. Adesina said when the Niger Delta and Ijaw National Congress visited the president, issues such as the call…

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Insecurity: N/Delta militants announce return, vow to cripple Nigerian economy

Aminu Imam

A notorious militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, which wreaked havoc on the Niger-Delta during President Muhammadu Buhari’s first tenure has announced its return. In a statement made available to reporters yesterday, the militant group said it had launched ‘Operation Humble’, aiming at crippling the economy as it did in previous times. Recall that the group relatively crippled Nigeria’s economy between 2016 and 2018 by attacking oil facilities in the region that plunged the nation into recession. According to the statement, the group also vowed to clamp down on politicians who…

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Niger-Delta militants threaten to carry out attacks in Abuja, Lagos

Aminu Imam

A group of Niger Delta militants, Supreme Egbesu Liberation Fighters, has resurfaced, with threats to destroy infrastructure in Lagos and Abuja, citing neglect by the Federal Government. The group, which made the threat in a video posted on a television programme yesterday, listed their grievances in the video, accused the Nigerian government of marginalising the region and failing to deliver on the amnesty programme. “Till date, there are no schools, no potable water, no light, no hospital and access roads for our people to enjoy,” a masked militant who read…

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FG distributes palliatives to ex-militants

Aminu Imam

Members of the defunct Bakassi Strike Force who laid down arms in 2018 have received succor from the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs. The palliative was part of the 1,400 bags of rice distributed by the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs through the Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC), to cushion the effect of Covid-19 in Cross-River State. A former Deputy Speaker of Crose-River House of Assembly, Orok Duke, who is coordinating the distribution exercise in the State, said the ex-militants have been law-abiding and peaceful since they laid down their…

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