The South-East caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday<\/p>\n
urged the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) to sheath its sword and give
\nPresident Muhammadu Buhari time to address their demands. This is
\ncontained in a statement released to newsmen in Abuja by the spokesman of
\nthe party in the South-East, Mr Osita Okechukwu.<\/p>\n
The APC group told the NDA to be mindful of the laudable projects the
\ncurrent administration had lined up for the Niger Delta and allow the
\npresident some time to execute them.<\/p>\n
The group, however, said that if the avengers had grouse with the
\nsituation, they should direct attention of former President Goodluck
\nJonathan, who failed to take certain actions to address the problems in
\nthe area.<\/p>\n
They said that for five years, Jonathan failed to clean-up the Niger
\nDelta, failed to complete East-West road and failed to review oil blocs\u2019
\nallocation The statement said that the former president also failed to
\namend the Constitution to the Avengers\u2019 taste and failed to build the
\nthree Greenfield Refineries which he awarded.<\/p>\n
\u201cAccordingly, we plead with our brothers, the NDA, for God\u2019s sake, to do a
\ndeep re-think and graciously allow peace to reign for our collective
\nnational interest and indeed, to save the Niger Delta from ruins.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo sane Nigerian will pray for the recurrence of ugly incidents like the
\nOdi, 1999; Zaki Ibiam, 2000 and Gbaramatu, 2009 or the unwarranted ugly
\nscenario which the Niger Delta Avengers are consciously simulating. \u201cIt is
\nour candid view that the bombing of Forcados pipeline, Bonga oil field,
\nChevron trunk lines and other oil and gas installations will not
\nfacilitate the implementation of 2014 National Conference Report,\u2019\u2019 the
\nstatement said.<\/p>\n
It added that bombing the facilities would not enhance funding of the
\nAmnesty Programme or make for the clean-up of the Niger Delta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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