Top militant leaders, who have been causing havoc in the Niger Delta and
major oil depots in the South-West, have laid out conditions under
which they would stop the renewed bombing of oil installations and
embrace peace.
According to reports, the militants said they would only drop their arms when the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, meets and negotiates with them. The militants issued the position after a secret meeting involving their leaders from the Niger Delta and their counterparts in Alepo, Agric, Epe, Ikorodu, Itoki and Igbokoda areas of Lagos.
One of the top leaders, who gave his name as General Levi, said that they would not want to back down
until the
Petroleum Minister meets them and secures amnesty for their members to
avoid being persecuted by security agencies.According to reports, the militants said they would only drop their arms when the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, meets and negotiates with them. The militants issued the position after a secret meeting involving their leaders from the Niger Delta and their counterparts in Alepo, Agric, Epe, Ikorodu, Itoki and Igbokoda areas of Lagos.
One of the top leaders, who gave his name as General Levi, said that they would not want to back down
The militant leaders
also said after meeting with the minister, they would thereafter take
over the responsibility of tracking and exposing those bent on causing
further destruction to all facilities and meting our appropriate
punishment to them.
They said they had been pleading for amnesty
since the days of the President Jonathan’s administration but nobody
took them into consideration and were ready to work with the new
administration to bring about an end to oil bunkering and pipeline
vandalisation in the Niger Delta region and the South-West.
Levi
said: “We are ready to drop our arms and denounce hostility with the
government on the condition that the Minister of Petroleum will meet
with us and hear our own side of the story. We are not against the
government but we have genuine issues yet to be addressed by successive
administrations in this country.
“We are ready to commence discussion and denounce association with this present situation. From now henceforth, we are ready to block any channel for anyone not to go through to bomb oil pipelines.”
The bombing of oil installations in the Niger Delta commenced last week as militants blew up major oil and gas pipelines in the area.
“We are ready to commence discussion and denounce association with this present situation. From now henceforth, we are ready to block any channel for anyone not to go through to bomb oil pipelines.”
The bombing of oil installations in the Niger Delta commenced last week as militants blew up major oil and gas pipelines in the area.
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