The coalition of Niger Delta militants on Thursday sent a protest letter to President Muhammadu Buhari over his alleged double standards in the handling of security issues in the country.

The militants, under the auspices of the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, slammed the Federal Government for the controversial propostal to deduct $1bn from the Excess Crude Account to fight the Boko Haram insurgents in the North East.

They described the plan to withdraw $1bn from ECA as wicked and insensitive, saying it allegedly disregarded the peace accord signed with the people of the Niger Delta region.

The RNDA, in an email signed by ‘Major General’ Johnmark Ezonbi to journalists in Yenagoa, the militants warned the government “not to take the present ceasefire agreement for granted.

“Through the ceasefire, the country is enjoying daily crude oil production of between 2.2 and 2.4million barrels of crude production which amount to billions of naira daily for the Federal Government. It also helped the country to get out of recession. So, the government should not take our patience and silence for granted.

“We want to state categorically that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government is insensitive and practically negating the principles of natural justice by using resources derived from a neglected region to combat insurgency in the North East in the senseless Boko Haram war to the tune of $1bn from ECA.

“Why not access the fund from excess account from the sale of agriculture products in the northern part of the country? Why must it be from the creeks of the Niger Delta?

“The Federal Government’s insensitivity to the Niger Delta development has obviously reached its crescendo. We will not take this but resist with our might. This broad day light robbery against the Niger Delta people will not be accepted by us. We are going to resist this perpetual injustice against our long-neglected people in the region.”

They, therefore, demanded the region’s own share of $1bn from ECA for the development of the Niger Delta within four weeks.


They warned that the region would witness a massive destruction of oil pipelines if the government failed to accede to their demand.

The coalition boasted that in a well-coordinated attack tagged, ‘Cripple the Economy with Zero Crude Oil Production’, there would be no more oil funds to finance the 2018 budget.

They added, “We will ensure that anything that stands in our way will be crushed without mercy. All foreign nationals are hereby advised to leave the region as all our unit commanders have been put on the red alert to resume ‘operation zero oil production’ on the expiration of the four-week ultimatum.

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'National Cake'.. Hmm..

What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander

The ND needs an urgent developmental plan befitting a region that lays the golden egg.

But this Nigeria system is unfair..Lets be frank

Its painful watching your resources shared and then tagged "Excess Crude Account"

It Is Happening.

Nice move

The truth is that niger delta will never develop with their oil. By the time Nigerian parasitic state let's go of their oil, it would have become worthless by that time.

All they will be left with is polluted land and generational poverty.

Ineffectual Buffoon well done

I dey vex for these guys, they're making me angry. Blow up the fcking pipelines for Christ sake. We go first bring una fowl and shinapp?


Buhari and his thieves are madd

#bring back our Avengers

Oh my God, these boys are making me angry. They should give me the RPG let me blow up all the fcking pipelines

hmmm

hypertension:
But this Nigeria system is unfair..Lets be frank

Its painful watching your resources shared and then tagged "Excess Crude Account"

ECA is a good concept but when tribal bigotry is used to run a country, then things get very messy. Buhari has sounded it time and again through his actions that he's a tribal and religious bigot and that he's also a thief

The amnesty payments never do una? Mscheeeeeeew!

Don't worry, the arms and ammunition that would be bought with the 1b would sort you guys out too!

Campusity:
The amnesty payments never do una? Mscheeeeeeew!

Allow them to control their resources. It is theirs and does not belong to Nigeria.

wakaman:
Don't worry, the arms and ammunition that would be bought with the 1b would sort you guys out too!

Nigeria has spent so many billions of dollars over the years buying arms, what happened to them? You think this mere $1 billion will change anything. Thats if the military generals don't siphon it.

Its hard to protect pipelines even if all the nigerian troops are deployed.

horsepower101:


Nigeria has spent so many billions of dollars over the years buying arms, what happened to them? You think this mere $1 billion will change anything. Thats if the military generals don't siphon it.

Its hard to protect pipelines even if all the nigerian troops are deployed.

l true talk bro. But here, we know the last tranch of funds was shared as evident from dasukigate.

Hopefully this would be used as appropriated.

The funds are needed!