The coalition of Niger Delta militants has rejected calls for the re-arrest of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
According
to Punch, the group also said that the eviction order which it issued
to Northerners and Yorubas living in the region still stands.
The militants also vowed to announce the independence of the Niger Delta Republic on October 1, 2017.
They also issued a statement saying “It
is our avowed determination to ensure that the Niger Delta remains
focussed on our demands for a total overhaul of the basis of our unity.
We have therefore resolved to stand by our previous demands as follows:
“That
the northerners and Yoruba should leave the Niger Delta before October
1, 2017; return of all the oil blocs own by northerners and Yoruba to
Niger Delta people. Relocation of the oil and gas companies headquarters
to their operational base as well as relocation of NNPC headquarters,
all other offices that has to do with oil and gas; replacement of the
Group Managing Director of NNPC.
“We
reaffirm our resolve for the declaration of the Niger Delta Republic on
1st October, 2017. We reaffirm our resolve to resume attack on all the
oil blocs that are owned by the northerners and Yoruba in the Niger
Delta from September 10, 2017.
“We
hereby call on PENGASSAN, NUPENG and international communities to
withdraw their members/expatriates from such oil wells/blocs as we shall
not spare any person found in such platforms, including NNPC offices in
Abuja and Lagos, oil companies’ headquarters outside the Niger Delta
region.”
Also, the Movement for the Actualisation of a Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has warned the Federal Government against re-arresting Nnamdi Kanu.
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