The peace deal between Niger Delta militants and the federal government seems to have reached a deadlock as the Niger Delta Avengers group has resumed attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta region.
The rampaging Niger Delta Avengers have resumed their acts of economic sabotage amidst a report on the cessation of hostilities in the South-south part of Nigeria.
The NDA from Friday to Sunday, 3rd of July announced that it had grounded about 5 oil facilities in the region indicating the peace deal with the Federal Government had been broken as a result of irreconcilable differences.
A source disclosed that as far as Niger Delta Avengers was concerned, the Federal Government was not serious about peace in the region, as it had said nothing concrete about its planned dialogue with stakeholders and was breaching the warning by the militant group not to repair damaged pipelines while the window for negotiations was open, Vanguard reports.
The militant group did not give any reason why it started fresh attacks, but confirmed in several tweets on its twitter handle that it blew up five different crude oil trunk lines and wells belonging to Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Chevron Nigeria Limited, and Nigeria Petroleum Development Company, NPDC in Delta State.
Reacting to the resumption of hostilities, yesterday, the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, described same as regrettable, but criticized President Muhammadu Buhari, who it said did not take any practical step toward addressing the issues since he returned from his medical trip abroad.
Meanwhile, a new group in the region, Niger Delta Movement for Socio-Economy Inclusion, NDMSEI, yesterday, picked holes in the recent stakeholders meeting organised by the Delta State governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, saying that the meeting failed to address key issues affecting the ethnic nationalities in the region.
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