Niger Delta Avengers Threaten To Blow Up Oil Blocs Belonging To Former Vice President, OthersThe British foreign minister, Philip Hammond has warned the President Mohammadu Buhari led Federal government in Nigeria not to use the Army in the fight against the Niger Delta militants in the South South region of Nigeria.
Speaking to news men in Abuja, the envoy said the use of the military in the region will end in disaster
Hammond said, “It’s obviously a major concern. The idea that your answer is by moving big chunks of the Nigerian army to the Delta simply doesn’t work, “It won’t deal with the underlying issues
“Buhari has got to show as a president from the north that he is not ignoring the Delta, that he is engaging with the challenges in the Delta.”
The British foreign minister’s call is coming at the heels of resurgence in the activities of militancy in the Niger Delta region.
A militant group known as the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, had in recent weeks blown up some major oil pipeline in the region.
NDA had issued a two week ultimatum to oil firms to vacate the region because they wanted a greater share of oil revenues and an end to oil pollution.
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