A new militant group, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM) has
rejected the Chief Edwin Clark-led negotiation team on behalf of militants
in the region with the Federal government, for lack of trust.
A statement issued on Monday by the spokesperson of the group, Aldo
Agbalaja, accused Chief Clerk and ex-president, Goodluck Jonathan of
humiliating the region more than previous administrations had done.
The group which restated its resolve to continue vandalising the oil
pipelines in the country until the Buhari-led federal government meets
their demands however called on the government to rather negotiate with
them through another dialogue group, NDDCG which has a touch of
international agencies.
“We are also aware that there is a group(NDDCG), led by the Amanyanabo of
Twon Brass, Alfred Diete-Spiff, which has the involvement of some
international agencies, we would rather the federal government builds on
this group to reach out to the genuine representatives of the peoples of
the region, across the six states, to discuss the way forward because we
believe what is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
“Build on this group and reach out to our people, not on an Edwin Clark
group, which had connived with Jonathan in the past to subject this
region, including the majority of our Ijaw brothers, to one of the most
untold humiliations by leaving the region they claimed to be representing
worse than it was under previous administrations.
“Enough of these buccaneers in the name of leaders of the region, our
people from both the upland and the creeks deserve a better deal, not the
Avengers kind of deal. We are serving a notice that the Niger Delta
Greenland Justice Mandate is still carrying on with this campaign against
Nigeria’s oil and gas interest until the federal government does right.”