Saintbonnie:
But it's still their region they're destroying. They would wish they never did that the day attention shifts from oil.

Mztarstrechy:
A Twitter user shared the pics above and wrote......

'Could this be why @Niger Delta Avengers are blowing pipelines or are there more to it than they claim?

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Mztarstrechy:
So why didnt they blow it during GEJ's regime?

achi4u:
Yes!
The goose that lays the Golden eggs has been neglected for too long.

KenModi:


So what should they do; fold their arms and watch the staus quo remain the same?

Sometimes violence draws attention to neglect.

Shey we read here say PM go visit Ogoni land soon?

E better address Niger Delta needs of development or else, crush Niger Delta Avengers, three more militant groups go emerge after dem.

FYB:
And all the money dat was used to develop abuja came from the Niger Delta

Monkey d work, Baboon d chop

vivalavida:
If this is the case,no one can blame them.
How can resources in your area be used to make other places look like heaven while the region that brings forth the resources look like hell
That is injustice

blackmedia:
Somewhere in Portharcout


Somewhere in Maraba/yanyan Abuja
.

Luckylife:
This is unbearable! if it true.

nkowaputa:


So why didn't BH start during Yaradua regime?

Mztarstrechy:
So why didnt they blow it during GEJ's regime?

manchy7531:

Nnamdi Emmanuel:

On June 28 2007, Vice President Goodluck Jonathan placed his life on the line, by travelling to Okerenko, visiting the notorious Camp five, where he held a seven hours meeting with all the leaders of the militant camps in the Niger Delta. He made the trip without a single security detail. The whole world stood still. For seven hours he was incommunicado. Global leaders feared the worst. He emerged from the creeks later, shaken but resolute. He came out of those creeks with a commitment from the militants and the Niger Delta disarmament program was borne. Normalcy returned in the region. The bloodletting ceased. Oil production tripled and the government could breath again. In 2012, the leadership of Jama’atul Ahlis Sunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad aka Boko Haram named General Buhari as the number one mediator they will listen to for peace to reign in the north east. The spokesman of the group, Abu Mohammed Ibn Abdulazeez, who doubles as the Second-in-Comma nd (Amir) to their leader, Imam Abubakar Shekau, made the group’s intention known in a tele-conference with journalists in Maiduguri. General Buhari declined the offer.

If Buhari truly loves this country, he would have taken that offer. But NO. That would have been a victory for the Jonathan government . So he declined the offer, rather promising to end the insurgency when he becomes President. Does this man deserve our vote? I don't think so. If we have to elect you as President before you assist the government in quelling an insurrection in your region, who will help us quell the crises if it erupts in other region. Be wise. Stick with facts. A vote for Buhari is a cowering to the dictates of terror. A vote for Buhari is a submission to hand over your mandate by the dictates of guns and blood. Vote President Jonathan . We will surely win the war against terror and secure our future. God bless Nigeria

Niger Delta: Life in the Creeks
Monday, July 21, 2008 - By MURPHY GANAGANA, Abuja

Curiously, Government Ekpompolo a.k.a Tom Polo, who is the leader of Camp 5, has kept government and security top shots in suspense with his mode of operation. And his creed seems to be less talk and more action. Described as a focused, principled and courageous warlord, Ekpompolo is reputed to have four major camps, and his home is a Mecca of sorts for politicians as well as top government officials including some state governors in the Niger Delta. In fact, as part of the Federal Government’s search for peace in the troubled region, Vice President Goodluck Jonathan had also visited Camp 5 without any security detail, a move which ruffled feathers in military circles. And General L.P Ngubane, immediate past commander of the Joint Military Task Force in the Niger Delta did not mince words in expressing his dismay.

“It is disconcerting that Camp 5 has become a pilgrim centre for some important politicians, especially those from the Niger Delta. These constant visitations to a known criminal legalizes the activities of the militants, embolden and empower them financially and emotionally. For example, the Governors of Bayelsa, Rivers and Delta states at various times after their inauguration, visited Camp 5. Recently, the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria also visited Camp 5 on June 28, 2007 without security details accompanying him just because the militants said so.”, he wrote in a memo reference TFRH/25/G, addressed to the Chief of Defence Staff, General Owoye Azazi.

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FYB:
And all the money dat was used to develop abuja came from the Niger Delta

Monkey d work, Baboon d chop

fanex:
neglected i hear you say? you need to check your facts very carefully. do you know the benefits that this part of the country enjoys. do you know what derivation is? there is amnesty programs, ministry of niger delta, direct oil companies grants and endless advantages.

lets be honest if they spend everything nigeria earns on that part of the country it will still remain the same.

hucienda:
Well... who knows?

But the picture does reek of injustice.

It aint called "Monkey dey work, Baboon dey chop" in Africa for nothing.

Now, the monkey no gree again and the baboon still no gree- thus guess both are heading the way France did in 1789.

wellmax:


The picture depicts what OP wanted us to see. I bet the governors have better pictures when they want to show what they have done so far. Oppositions too have pictures of terrible places in Lagos if they want to criticize.

priceaction:
Nonsense. Lets be reasonable for once and put sentiments a side. Compare it with porthacourt, uyo, ekot, bonny and brass not with that. Besides, Lagos generally was not built with oil money. Lagos was built with investment (both locals and internationally), being former capital.Abuja, i may agree to some extent but I learnt that asari dokubo spent billion of dollars to build university in bennin republic and he has nationality of the country. That would have gone a long way in ND.