Buhari to dump dialogue with niger delta militants

Nigeria is now making progress on producing all sorts of militants(Boko-haram,Fulani-herdsmen,niger-delta militants)all working againt the nigeria government.. Wondering which militant will show up next..maybe the Yoruba militants!!!

President buhari

Speaking in similar vein, July 5, the Reformed
Egbesu Boys of Niger Delta, in a statement,
said: “Since we called off hostilities in
collaboration with the Niger Delta Avengers,
although reluctantly… we have observed the
`I do not care’ attitude of the Federal
Government on its much flaunted and
publicized dialogue option with key actors
of the crisis.”
The group’s so-called General Tony
Alagbakereowei said: “The Secretary to the
Federal Government alleged that there are
numerous groups and interested parties, who
want to negotiate with the Federal
Government and that there is no clear
leadership that the Federal Government could
trust and negotiate with. This is not only
preposterous, but smacks off a predetermined
mindset.

N_delta militants

“In as much as this could be true to some

extent, we wish to state that the Federal
Government allowed miscreants and
meddlesome interlopers seeking relevance in
Abuja to gain pipeline contracts and
appointments to deceive key actors of the
government.”
Meanwhile, on Buhari’s stand that Nigeria’s
unity is not negotiable, the Ijaw People
Development Initiative, IPDI, a non-
governmental organization, said: “Our
attention has been drawn to a statement made
by Mr President while breaking fast with
Muslims leaders in Aso Rock, that Nigeria ‘s
unity is not negotiable. He even went down
memory lane on how General Yakubu Gowon
handled the civil war.”
Anger spreads
National President of the group, Austin Ozobo,
in a statement, said: “He then handed down a
threat, which will further aggravate tension
in the region when he said that he is passing
a message to the militants that Nigeria’s unity
is not negotiable. This does not go down well
with some of us. Nigeria’s false marriage is
now incompatible; it is not the duty of
President Buhari to decide whether it is
negotiable or not, and that can only be
determined through a referendum, and that
power rests with the electorate, not the
President.”
“His threat only implies that, in a nutshell, if
the people of the region fail to see reason
with him regarding his rigid position,
Armageddon shall descend on the region.
“We find Mr. President’s statement not only
repulsive, but totally disrespectful to the
millions of Nigerians, who, on daily basis,
have been calling for restructuring, true
federalism and self-determination, a
fundamental right as clearly stated in United
Nations Charter and Africa Charter and
People’s Rights.
I”President Buhari’s voice most of the time
polarizes the country more. As a leader,
listening to the cries of your people is far
better than forcing your opinion based on
ethnic and religious sentiment down our
throats.
“Nigerian state came into being through
forcefully marriage under Sir Lugard,
without the consent and input of Niger
Deltans on how they should be governed and
how they want to live with other ethnic
nationalities.
“We reject this ‘ monkey dey work, baboon
dey chop treatment’ from the Nigerian state.
We once again join progressive minds calling
for true federalism because this is the only
way out of the currrent agitations from
several quarters”.
Buhari’s metamorphosis
Findings by Sunday Vanguard, however,
showed that Buhari was initially excited about
the Federal Government dialoguing with
militants and stakeholders in the Niger Delta,
but, along the line, seemed to have changed
his mind, as he is no longer disposed to
dialogue.
A source said some top security officials and
politicians around the President convinced
him that negotiating with Niger Delta
militants would mean that government
succumbed to their blackmail.
The different interest groups mounted
pressure on Buhari, who shifted from his
earlier position. The militants, who were,
according to sources, suspicious of
government negotiators all along, reportedly
saw the President’s latter-day reorganization
of Operation Pulo Shield, now Operation Delta
Safe, redeployment of security personnel from
the North to the Niger-Delta on the grounds
that those in the region were incompetent and
the crackdown on militants, as a sign that
government was no longer interested in
dialogue.
Our dependable source said: “The truth is that
there were intrigues and power play, involved
the details of which are better classified in
national interest. But the President chose to
hold his grounds against militants than yield
to them in the name of dialogue.”
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, however, hit
the nail on the head, on Friday, when he said
government deliberately refused to discuss
with NDA.
Osinbajo, who delivered the second
foundation lecture of Elizade
University,Ilaramokin, Ondo State, said NDA
members are not freedom fighters but
economic warriors fighting for their own
private pockets.
“The so-called Avengers are not freedom
fighters but fighting for their own economic
benefits. They are avenging for their private
pockets and that is why government is not
talking with them”, he stated.
The Vice
President,
however, said that
the Federal
Government had
concluded
arrangements to
tackle the menace
of pipeline
vandalism in the
Niger/Delta.
While
condemning the
activities of the
militants who claimed responsibility for the
vandalization of petroleum pipelines in the
oil-rich region, said “The previous government
neglected the region for several years, hence
the current challenges”..
Osigbo said government had put the
machinery in motion to curtail the activities
NDA.
.He also lamented that attacks by the group on
oil and gas pipelines were responsible for the
epileptic power supply in the country as well
as the inability of state governors to pay
workers’ salaries due to the low revenue

generated in the oil sector.