SAN FRANCISCO, July 23, (THEWILL) – The militant Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, has claimed that everybody is tired of being in the entity called Nigeria, calling on the Federal Government to heed its demand for self-determination.
This was contained in a press release titled: “Stop Going After Soft Targets”, issued on Saturday by the group’s spokesperson, Mudoch Agbinibo, in reaction to the recent arrests of some of its suspected members by the Nigerian Navy, NN, in Warri.
According to the NDA, “The government should heed our demand of self-determination. Mr. President, everybody is tired of this thing called Nigeria.
“The ship call Nigeria is grounded right now and you are so confused. You lie to your foreign allies, your citizens on daily basis. Mr. President, you even lie to yourself.
“Even if we are going to dialogue, it will be in the present (sic) of international community.”
On arrests of two of its members by the Nigerian Navy in Warri, the group lambasted the Commander of Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS Delta) Warri, Commodore Joseph Dzunve, saying he has lost his sense of professionalism.
“How are those innocent boys connected to NDA? We don’t know Prince David and Felix Ebiador, they are not part of us. All NDA operatives are intact. No security operative has arrested any of our members.
“What the Commanding Officer, NNS Delta, is doing is to please his boss that he is working. Must he connect innocent people to us? Very soon the general public will know the truth about Nigeria Military especially Nigeria Navy that specializes in illegal oil bunkering,” it added.
The group warned the military to stop arresting innocent people in the name of looking for NDA operatives, noting that it was obvious that Nigeria Navy was incapable of policing the Nigerian maritime space.
It said further, “Even the Chief Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, made it clear while briefing the Senate that Nigeria Navy is unequipped to match the Niger Delta Avengers. So, how can well-trained NDA members bring themselves so low to be arrested by those criminal elements (Nigeria Navy)?
“They should follow the path of honor and morality by telling their Commander in Chief the truth instead of arresting innocent civilians tagging them as NDA operatives. The days of wire and battery are over we are far advance in gorilla warfare”.
The militant group however warned that the ex-MEND Commander, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, should not be associated with the NDA, declaring him as an enemy.
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