Nnamdi Kanu Disowns MEND and Avengers

The embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, who has been languishing in Kuje prisons, has said that he has no ties with MEND and the Niger Delta Avengers. 

Speaking with journalists on Friday, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, who is one of Nnamdi Kanu's lawyers, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has disclosed that he has no ties with the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) and the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA).

 

Recall that the militant groups had given the release of Kanu, who has been in Kuje prison in Abuja since 2015, as one of the conditions for the return of peace in the Niger Delta region.

 

But the legal practitioner, Ejiofor, said his client has no relationship with any militant group, hence MEND could not have represented him in any negotiation with the government.

 

“In the past few days, the media was awash with news of negotiation going on between the federal government and members of MEND, where our client’s name (Nnamdi kanu) conspicuously featured.

“It is on that note that we wish to inform the general public that Nnamdi kanu has no connection, contact, ties or any form of relationship with the members of MEND.

“As such MEND has no implied, direct or express authority of Nnamdi Kanu to represent him or IPOB in any purported negotiation, going on between MEND and the federal government. The general public is accordingly advised to ignore, discountenance and disregard the falsehood being peddled by MEND.

“Nnamdi Kanu does not know them. However, Nnamdi Kanu is not averse to a political solution in resolving the present politically-orchestrated ordeal. Nnamdi Kanu welcomes genuine political solution to this case,” he said.

 

Reacting to the federal government’s decision on Thursday to release some members of the group who were arrested in February, Kanu’s lawyers, led by Ifeanyi Ejiofor and the Amoebi Nzelu, said they were not opposed to talks with the government.

 

“Nnamdi Kanu is not averse to political solution in resolving his present politically orchestrated ordeal.

 

“He welcomes genuine political solution to this case. Nnamdi Kanu has people of proven integrity and impeccable character that will negotiate on his behalf, based on his demands when communication on this effect is established.”

 

While responding to a question on whether Kanu would abandon his campaign for an independent state of Biafra in exchange for freedom, Ameobi Nzelu, another lawyer, said that his client would not jettison the agitation even if he was released.

 

“It is not easy to drop an ideology. IPOB is bigger than Nnamdi Kanu. Self-determination is as a result of marginalisation,” he said.

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Former President Jonathan, Others Linked to Niger Delta Militancy Sponsorship

A split faction of the Niger Delta Avengers has shockingly exposed names and identify of alleged sponsors of the militant group.

A group that recently split from Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), a militant organization that has claimed responsibility for bombing numerous oil facilities, has claimed that former President Goodluck Jonathan was the grand patron of the NDA, Sahara Reporters reports

In a statement issued today by Cynthia Whyte, an alias for a male spokesman, the splinter group also named several former and serving governors as sponsors of the Niger Delta Avengers. Those named as “sponsors” included Governors Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and Seriaki Dickson of Bayelsa.

Mr. Whyte also identified Senator Godswill Akpabio, a former governor of Akwa Ibom State, ex-militant turned contractor, Government Ekpemupolo (alias Tompolo), Raymond Dokpesi, the founder of African Independent Television (AIT), the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Kingsley Kuku, Kimi Angozi, and Patrick Akpobolokemi as other sponsors.

The splinter group, which renamed itself Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA), had recently declared its opposition to NDA’s destruction of oil infrastructure in the region, warning that it would disclose the names of individuals and groups backing the militant group.

Mr. Whyte’s statement revealed that the NDA’s sympathizers included Edwin K. Clark, Tony Uranta, Daniel Alabrah, Ms. Annkio Briggs, and Olisa Metuh, a former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The Reformed Niger Delta Avengers named Oyege Nimi Brown, VIP Timothy, Joshua Macaiver, Paul Bebenimibo and others as the main operatives of the NDA, adding that Udengs Eradiri, the president of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), also known as Brigadier General Murdoch Agbinibo, serve as the NDA’s chief spokesman.

Following the release of the list, a source close to former President Jonathan told SaharaReporters that there was “no iota of truth to the claim that former President Goodluck Jonathan has a hand in the violence in the Niger Delta.”

The source, who asked not to be identified, said he was in touch with Mr. Jonathan, adding that the former president was considering issuing a formal statement to dismiss the claims made by Mr. Whyte.

“If former President Jonathan wanted chaos in Nigeria and the Niger Delta, he would have refused to concede the election to General Buhari and the APC,” the source said.

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Unidentified Militants Blow Up Two Oil Installations in Delta

A yet to be identified militant group has attacked another oil facility in the South-south region despite all efforts of the government to quell the crisis.

Armed men suspected to be militants, on Monday, attacked two oil installations around Batan community in Delta State.

The incident was said to have occurred at about 12.05am this morning.

Confirming the attack, the Chairman of Batan community, Dickson Ogugu said, “We heard a double explosion at about 12:05am between Camp 3 and Kokologbene communities.”

However, neither the rampaging Niger Delta Avengers or other militant groups have claimed responsibility for the latest attack.

 

The attack is coming at a time when peace talks between the militants and the Federal Government is on.

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Niger Delta Avengers Release New Video, Threatens to Kill Buhari and Family

An alleged leader of a top Niger Delta militant group has threatened President Muhammadu Buhari and his family with death in a video message that has been trending on social media. 

Nigeria has been battling with the problem of renewed issues of Niger Delta militancy in the year 2016 due to a variety of problems mixed with politics. A leading Niger Delta militant group known as the Niger Delta Avengers have been leading the race in the destruction of oil facilities in the South-south region which has threatened the mainstay of the Nigerian economy.

 

Some militant groups have called on the halt of the ongoing anti-graft war by President Muhammadu Buhari and also the release of prominent members of the People's Democratic Party like Sambo Dasuki and others as a condition for peace.

 

Other groups called for the unconditional release of the founder of the Independent People of Biafra and separatist leader, Nnamdi Kanu who has been incarcerated by the Federal Government with charges of terrorism and treason slammed on him.

 

Other armed groups advocate for a development programme for the deplorable Niger Delta region which has been degraded by oil spills and fire outbreaks due to decades of oil exploration by multinational companies who have failed to adequately compensate the host communities.

 

This brief narrative above leads us to another strong threat to the President by a Niger Delta militant group leader from Orogun in Delta state named Ogoneoghochukwu.

This audacious Nigerian bared his face in a threatening video where he reiterated his plan to kill the Nigerian President and his most popular child, Zahra. Like other groups, he is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu.

 

The young man who wore a black pair of sun glasses and assumably read slowly from a written statement sounded firm in his words. The viral video came with a short caption below:

 

''Buhari has just started a fight that he can not finish, We warned him! ...The unarmed Biafrans you are sending your army to kill are innovative, they are intellectuals, they are warriors. They hardly start up something but when they do, they don't go back. We are Biafrans!!!, We are the avengers!! We will come for you!! Those against Biafra freedom wait for us!!''

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Niger Delta Avengers Now in Rivers State, Bomb NNPC Pipeline in Eleme

In yet another sustained attack, the Niger Delta Avengers has taken its hostility to Rivers State as it bombed oil Pipeline belonging to NNPC. 

The Niger Delta Avengers has shifted its attack from Delta State to Rivers State as it bombed the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, pipeline at Eleme leading to the Nigeria Liquefied National Gas, NLNG in the state on Thursday.

 

This was released in a statement on its Facebook page NDavengers saying: “By 3.00 am, yesterday, strike team 2, carried out a major strike, bombing NNPC pipeline at Eleme leading to NLNG. You won’t stop us.” 

 

 

Before the latest attack, the militant group had posted at about 8.12 pm on its Facebook page: “Another major pipe about to go up in flames! Brass, LNG, Boom.” 

 

The group revealed the its mission is not to take lives.

 

"The only reason we don't want to take life, we dare the Nigeria Army. For every life you take, we take two.

 

"We have our reason, we play cool. We are ready. We must cripple the economy."

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Double Blow! Niger Delta Avengers's Facebook Account Off

Niger Delta Avengers actively blowing up oil facilities in the Niger Delta area have been dealt a huge blow in the area of media and publicity again. 

Niger Delta Avengers recently lost its Twitter account of over 30,000 followers two days ago following an abuse of the rules and regulations guiding the conduct of members of the micro-blogging site.

 

This prompted the militant group that threatens to ground Nigeria's monocultural economy to focus on its Facebook page as a means of disseminating information about its bombing activities to the general public.

 

Some concerned Nigerians reported the Facebook page which had garnered over 5,000 followers to Facebook authorities and the page was swiftly unpublished accordingly.

 

Below is a screenshot to the feedback sent to one of the concerned Nigerians by Facebook.

 

 

 

This will come as a fatal blow to the separatist group that threatened to assassinate President Muhammadu Buhari on his planned visit to flag off the Ogoniland clean up in Delta State.

 

Nigeria's crude oil production had already risen to 1.9 million last week due to the repairs of the damaged oil facilities before the Niger Delta Avengers resumed its spate to attacks with increased intensity.

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