Niger Delta Republic Agitators demand immediate Return of oil blocks own by Northerners

By Kabiru Ahmed


In a joint meeting between Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators and youth leaders across the region to review the state of the nation, the militant leaders demanded an immediate return of oil blocs owned by northerners to the Niger Delta people.

A coalition of Niger Delta militant groups in a meeting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State yesterday has ordered all northerners to quit the their region. The militants threatened to attack all oil wells owned by northerners in Niger Delta by October 1, 2017 should they fail to quit the region.

The groups, under the aegis of the Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators, berated the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, Inspector General of Police, Department of State Services and the Army for not arresting those who issued an ultimatum to Igbo to leave the north.

This development has stoked the tension that is threatening to tear the nation apart. The government which has initiated a peace process may have to increase its parleys with stakeholders to avert the threats to the Nigerian union.

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