We will declare Naija Delta Republic Oct 1 - Avengers

The Niger Delta Avengers on Thursday threatened
that it will declare a Niger Delta Republic on
October 1 should President Muhammadu Buhari
fails to restructure the country.
It also said the group is praying for the Buhari-led
federal government to discover oil in commercial
quantity in the northern part of the country.
NDA had claimed responsibility for major attacks on
oil facilities in the region in recent past vowing not
to relent until the nation’s economy was completely
crippled.
The group’s spokesman, Mudoch Agbinibo, stated
this on Thursday in reaction to President Buhari’s
order directing the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation to increase tempo on oil exploration in
the North-East.
It said that the discovery of oil in commercial
quantity would make Nigerians appreciate what the
people of the Niger Delta experienced in the hands
of the Nigerian government.
NDA reemphasised that the country was in dare
need of restructuring. It accused the present
government of dividing the country through her
‘misdirected policies’.
The militants said, “Our prayer for Buhari and the
Northern hypocrite (Northern Governors) is that oil
should be found in commercial quantity in the
North, so they can let the Niger Delta go.
“The Buhari Led government has failed Nigerians
with their misdirected policies that has divided the
country, as such nobody wants to be part of that
failed state not even the Niger Delta.”
The statement added further, “The October 1st,
declaration of independence is still sacrosanct, If
the Nigerian government fails to retrace its step by
restructuring this country.
“We want to warn the general public that those
using NDA to defraud people days of reckoning is
close.