In a statement issued by General Akotebe Darikoro (Commander, General Duties) General Torunanaowei Latei (Creeks Network Coordinator) General Agbakakuro Owei-Tauro (Pipelines Bleeding Expert) General Pulokiri Ebiladei (Intelligence Bureau), the militant group claimed that its fighter expert team that have returned after training overseas was going to test six missiles in the Niger Delta region from Tuesday June 7.
A former agitator, Chief Mike Ekayama Loyibo who spoke on behalf of other elders of the region said: “We have watched with utmost dismay the manner with which the Niger Delta Avengers, a
group with an aimless agenda has been destroying our common heritage and the economic mainstay of the country through the vandalisation of critical government infrastructures and oil installations.
The statement read in part: “After extensive and exhaustive deliberation by all Commanders of various groups in Yenagoa, the heart of the Niger Delta struggle met last night and as part of our mission, we are going to test six of our missiles in the region.
“Nigerian military should as a matter of urgency, leave peacefully the Ijaw communities they are presently occupying under the guise of searching for the Niger Delta Avengers, within the next 48 hours or else we should not be blamed for whatever catastrophe that may befall such officers,” it said in a statement released yesterday.
There should be NO helicopter flying around in the region as we will not guarantee the safety of such object.” The group which claimed affiliation to the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) accused President Buhari of plotting to disintergrate Nigeria.
This is even as some former militants and traditional rulers from the Niger Delta region, under the aegis of Concerned Niger Delta Leaders, yesterday, called on Niger Delta Avengers to drop their arms and embrace peace, as no development can be achieved in a crisis-ridden environment.

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