Nigeria, July 21, 2016 – The militant groups operating in the Niger Delta known as Niger Delta Avengers has refuted reports by the Nigerian Navy that it has arrested suspected members of the Niger Delta Avengers who have made confessional statements.
In a statement, Spokesman of the group, Brig-Gen. Mudoch Agbinibo said the report is not true and that all members of the strike team are intact.
“We want to make this clear, all Niger Delta Avengers operatives are intact, our intelligent agencies are all intact and our operative team are in high spirit because we are winning the war. Nigeria Navy can’t arrest any of our operative until we bring down the economy of this country”, the group said and warned members of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSEN) to leave the region, stressing that it will get dirty very soon.
“We are warning NUPENG and PENGASSAN to leave all oil field and terminals in the Niger delta because it is going to be dirty very soon. Foreigners are to leave too”, the group said. The group called the supposed arrest by the Navy as the biggest joke of the century.
“Contrary to local news that Nigeria Navy has arrested Niger Delta Avengers logistics supplier is the biggest joker of the 21st century. As it is now any Tom, Dick and Harry is a suspect of Niger Delta avengers. Nigeria Navy has lost the sense of professionalism”, the group said adding that the Nigeria military arrested school students in Oporoza and called them the Niger Delta Avengers.
“Any criminal caught is NDA, ever their Business partners (Illegal Oil bunkers) with which things went south are NDA, Sea pirates are now NDA. When Niger Delta Avengers carries out any major attack they (Nigeria Military) will deny it.
“First was the NNPC pipeline that was blown, second the 48-inches Exxonmobil pipeline that was blown by NDA. Mobil and the Government denied it. Only for Exxonmobil to declare false majeure few days after the attack. We want the general public to know the Qua Iboe export pipeline is down right now.
“Let me give a little brief about the Qua Iboe Export terminal. This is a subsidiary of Mobile and it the biggest export stream in Nigeria. They export ONE MILLION barrel every two days. I Brig. Gen Agbinibo personally led this operation. Unlike the Nigeria Chief of Naval Staff that sit in the comfort of his office to pass orders.
“The Nigeria Military should stop deceiving the general public and their commander in Chief. They should come out with the truth in Akwa Ibom instead of saying Niger Delta Avengers didn’t blow up the line but system anomaly”, the group said adding that soon the Nigeria public and their commander in Chief will know the Military is not capable of handling the Niger Delta Avengers.
“Right now, they are using Niger Delta Avengers to fraud the Nigeria government and tax payers of their money”, the group said.
