Admin l Friday, June 02, 2017
NIGERIA, Niger Delta – The Niger Delta Avengers has added its voice to calls to restructure Nigeria, warning that Operation Wall of Jericho and Hurricane Joshua are still active and that it is unwilling to mortgage the future of the Niger Delta child.
The Avengers who made the revelation in a mesage on Children’s day said it has refused to identify with Nigeria based on present arrangement.
“We refuse to identify as Nigerians in its present pseudo federalism that marginalize the people of the Niger Delta region from which the country survives”,the group said in a statement signed by its Spokesman, Brig. Gen Mudoch Agbinibo, adding that it seeks to be part of a Nigeria where independent federating units will have control over the resources they produce, from which they will contribute an agreed proportion to the federation.
“We must restructure this country now to achieve equity and efficiency. That way, there will be a balance of opportunity to exploit what is available in all states instead of robbing Peter (The Niger Delta Region) to pay Paul (The Rest of the Country)”, the group said.
See text below.
Dear Niger Delta Child,
We are inspired to be steadfast in this struggle; knowing that you were born into wealth but lives in abject poverty. The crude from your fathers land feeds Nigeria, yet you can’t boost of a single ration of balanced diet daily. The pipes beneath your feet flows constantly not with clean pipe borne water you yearn for; but rumbling crude oil siphoned to the backyard of your adversary. Your chance to higher education in your region truncated by enemies both within and outside the region. You drink from water from polluted water bodies while the exploiters and polluters of our land drink oxidized bottle waters. Your hopes are high now upon the discovery of the wealth all around but when reality (Maturity) knocks on your door you would understand why we (Niger Delta Avengers) have to rebirth and redefine this struggle.
For the love of our crude and to perpetually enslave us, they forced us into pseudo federalism, which gives all the powers to the federal Government in exploitation of mineral and water resources. A federalism in which the share of our Nigeria Government and actors is affluence and wealth while ours is deprivation, oppression, balkanization and pollution.
Our struggle is simple; if we must remain part of Nigeria, it must be a restructured Nigeria.
We seek to be part of a Nigeria where independent federating units will have control over the resources they produce, from which they will contribute an agreed proportion to the federation. We must restructure this country now to achieve equity and efficiency. That way, there will be a balance of opportunity to exploit what is available in all states instead of robbing Peter (The Niger Delta Region) to pay Paul (The Rest of the Country).
We refuse to identify as Nigerians in its present pseudo federalism that marginalize the people of the Niger Delta region from which the country survives.
To the Nigerian Government;
REMEMBER OUR PROMISE “OPERATION WALLS OF JERICHO AND HURRICANCE JOSHUA” IS STILL VERY ACTIVE AS WE ARE NOT WILLING TO MORTGAGE THE FUTURE OF THE NIGER DELTAN CHILD JUST AS THE LIVES OF THE GENERATIONS BEFORE US AND OUR’S IS BEEN CONTROLLED BY THE WICKED NIGERIAN STATE AS PAWNS IN A GAME OF CHESS.
The High Command of The Delta Avengers Wishes all Children from the region a Happy Children’s Day.
Brig. Gen Mudoch Agbinibo
Spokesperson.
