In an ultimatum issued yesterday, via their twitter timeline online platform, the Niger Delta Avengers militants said the decision was taken after an emergency meeting of leaders of the various militant groups in the region.
Representatives of Niger Delta People’s Democratic Front ( NDPDF) and Concerned Militant Leaders (CML), Precious Iyoyo (General Playboy) and General Ben respectively, said the brutality of security agents against the citizens was disheartening.
The Niger Delta militants claimed they witnessed how members of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Biafra Independent Movement (BIM) were killed in unprovoked circumstances.
“So many Niger Delta militants witnessed what happened in Onitsha.
“We are too pained to keep quiet. If the Federal Government fails to release them by Friday, June 3, 2016, they will hear from us from Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Edo states,” General Playboy said.
Similarly, General Ben said actions of soldiers and policemen last Monday were clear declaration of war on innocent and helpless Nigerians.
“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 out for extinction, we will defend our people. We will go after security men in an unprecedented manner both in sea and on land. Federal Government should expect more attacks from us.
“We’ll tell the Federal Government that the Niger Delta region is our terrain and no amount of military troops and their armoury will dampen our spirit.
Niger Delta Avengers have asked the Federal Government to immediately release corpses of Biafra supporters allegedly killed on Monday or risk more attacks from them beginning on Friday, June 3.
The militants also pledged a revenge against security agents over what they described as “unprovoked massacre of peace-loving Biafra people” in Onitsha, Anambra State.
“The Federal Government should know that the more attacks on Biafra, the more aggressive we become. This is war that involves all of us,” he said.
Scores of Biafra agitators were allegedly killed on Monday, in some states, during the celebration of the 49th anniversary of Biafra proclamation by the late Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu.
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