Avengers threatens more attacks

By Emma Amaize, Egufe Yafugborhi and Perez Brisibe

WARRI- NIGER Delta Avengers, NDA, Friday, threatened to carry out more

attacks on oil installations belonging to the Nigeria Agip Oil

Company, NAOC, if the company embarked on any form of repairs on its

bombed pipelines in Bayelsa State.

The group in a statement by spokesperson, Brig. Gen Mudoch Agbinibo on

its Twitter handle, @NDAvengers , said: "We (Niger Delta Avengers) are

sending this warning message to Agip not to commence repair works on

any of the blown pipelines in Bayelsa.

"We will make you regret it, if you even dare us," the militant said.

Okowa, not Otuaro should come to the creeks- Mulade

Also the chiarman of Kokodiagbene community, Gbaramatu Kingdom in

Warri South West Local Government Area Delta State, Mr Sheriff Mulade,

Friday, advised the Governor of the state, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, to

visit the creeks himself to find solution to the on-going bombing of

oil facilities by Niger- Delta Avengers.

Mulade, in a press statement in Warri, said: "The people of Gbaramatu

are not happy with the state governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, we are

disappointed over his approach to the renewed insurgency in the area

"We expect him to lead lead the visit to the creeks to talk to

critical stakeholders, instead of sending his deputy. He should follow

the steps of the former governor, Chief James Ibori, who led a strong

delegation to the creeks in the heat of the inter-ethnic crisis to

parley the warring factions," he asserted.

Mulade pointed out: "But rather than lead the advocacy team, Governor

Okowa delegated the responsibility to his deputy, Mr Kingsley Otuaro,

knowing that the issue was a very delicate and knotty one."

He said the communities believe that the recommendations of the

Advocacy Committee headed by Otuaro must have been delivered to Abuja,

yet the government had continued to send more troops and military

hardwares to the area.

"Fom the prevailing militarization of the area, it was clear the issue

is oil and not the interest of the people, who soldiers tortured and

abused under the guise of hunting the rampaging militants," he

asserted.