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For ‘killing’ IPOB, MASSOB members, N’Delta militants vow to fight FG
There is tension in some parts of the Niger Delta, and south east regions as some militants have taken sides with the agitators for a Biafran state.
The militants have called on the Federal Government to release the corpses of 10 pro-Biafra agitators on or before Friday, June 3, 2016, even as they vowed to go after the security agencies.
This is coming on the heels of allegations that some supporters of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) were killed during a clash with security agencies in Onitsha, Anambra State on Monday.
The militants also threatened to avenge “unprovoked” killing of Biafra supporters by security operatives.
The Niger Delta militants in an online statement said that their decision to avenge the attack on the pro-Biafra protesters was reached after an emergency meeting organised by some leaders of various militant groups in the oil rich region.
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According to them, “If Federal Government fails to release them (corpses) by Friday, June 3, 2016, they will hear from us from Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Edo States”.
The militants under the aegis of Niger Delta Peoples Democratic Front, and Concerned Militant Leaders stated that it was depressing to observe the level of tactlessness displayed against the people.
The statement was signed by Precious Iyoyo, aka General Playboy for the Niger Delta Peoples Democratic Front; and General Ben for the Concerned Militant Leaders.
They expressed sympathy for Biafra, adding that they were aware of how members of MASSOB, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Biafra Independent Movement were killed without provocation.
The militants vowed to go after security operatives in an unprecedented manner, adding that the operation would be carried both on the sea and on the land.
They stated that the Federal Government has simply declared war against innocent Nigerians through the action of security operatives, adding, that “It is now war between the militants and security men. Since innocent and helpless citizens, especially from South-South and South East, have been marked for extinction, we will defend our people.”
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