Negotiation with Niger Delta militants; Read what Buhari is up to
– President Buhari is waiting for the result of negotiation with militants
– This report is going to determine the next step he will take to deal with militancy
President Muhammadu Buhari is waiting for the report of negotiation with Niger Delta militants before taking his next step.
Daily Trust reports that sources from the presidency revealed that Buhari was hoping that on-going talks with militants who have been vandalising pipelines in the region would yield “desired results.”
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President Buhari had revealed on July 21 that his administration was negotiating with militants through oil companies although the notorious Niger Delta Avengers had vowed that any negotiation without the involvement of the international communities will not be accepted.
The source said the president was currently waiting for the report of the international oil companies and the security agencies and that of the special adviser on Niger Delta Affairs who is also on that assignment.
The source refused to disclose the full identities of the federal government’s negotiation team.
The president had assured that his administration was doing all it could to put an end to the militancy by studying the Amnesty report.
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“We understand their feelings. We are studying the instruments. We have to secure the environment; otherwise, investment will not come. We will do our best for the country.”
Meanwhile, there was tension in Bayelsa state following the presence of military personnel in the region as a result of the threat by a militant group to declare an independent Niger Delta republic.
The group, Adaka Boro Avengers had warned south east and south south people to return back to the region as a date has been set for the declaration of the Niger Delta Republic.
The group specifically called on former president, Goodluck Jonathan, Chief Edwin Clark; King Alfred Diete Spiff; Ankio Briggs; Joseph Eva; Patrick Fufein, Pastor Good, past and present military personnel from the Niger Delta region, present senators and members of the Houses of Representatives to come to Kaiama for the official declaration of the independent republic which is scheduled for Monday, August 1.
Armed troops stormed Kaima Community of Kolokuma/Opokuma local government to stop any declaration of an independent region.
The operation tagged “Operation Delta Safe” is expected to search and stop any criminal activities in Kaima Community which was the venue of a similar declaration by Ijaw youths in 1998.
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