Nigeria, August 20, 2016 – The militant group operating in the Niger Delta called Niger Delta Avengers has said it will go ahead to declare independence of Niger Delta in October 1, 2016.
In a statement, today, Spokesperson of the group, Brigadier General Mudoch Agbinibo said that the October 1 declaration of independence for Niger Delta remains sacrosanct unless the Nigerian Government takes step to restructure the country.
“The October 1st, declaration of independence is still sacrosanct. If the Nigeria government fails to retrace it’s step by restructuring this country”, the group said.
It prayed that oil should be found in commercial quantity in the North to enable President Muhammadu Buhari allow the Niger Delta to go its separate ways having been fed up with the Nigerian state.
‘Our prayer for Buhari and the Northern hypocrite (Northern Governors) is that oil should be found in commercial quantity in the North, so they can let the Niger Delta go.The Buhari Led government has fail Nigerians with their misdirected policies that has divide the country, as such nobody wants to be part of that failed state not even the Niger Delta.
“The October 1st, declaration of independence is still sacrosanct. If the Nigeria government fails to retrace it’s step by restructuring this country. We want to warn the general public that those using NDA to defraud people days of reckoning is close”, it said.