
The militant group,
also described the alleged double speak by the federal government on dialogue
with the people of the region as absurd.
A statement issued by
the group on Saturday also asked the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger
Delta (MEND) to stop parading itself as leader of the militant groups.
It reads: “We have
said it before that we have nothing to lose on the bombing of oil pipelines
because our mission is to ground the oil economy if our demands are not met. We
have said we are doing what we are doing to prod the government to renegotiate
the control of our oil resources and other related matters.
“We have watched with
chagrin the recent utterance by the President (Muhammadu Buhari) and the Vice
President (Yemi Osinbajo) and all we see in them are double standard and lips
service to the demand of the groups as its concerns the Niger Delta question
and that is why all of our units and affiliates have not fully heeded to our
ceasefire.
“Today, the president
will say something, tomorrow his deputy and some of their dishonest and selfish
lieutenants will contradict him and that only shows how confused and unserious
the government is about the problems and how to deal with them.”
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