We have tolerated you people enough, stop sabotaging the economy or face another war - Northern elders warn Niger Deltans

We have tolerated you people enough, stop sabotaging the economy or face another war - Northern elders warn Niger Delta Avengers

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), the mouthpiece of Northern Nigeria has warned the Niger Delta Avengers to stop their acts of economic sabotage by attacking oil facilities in the region.

Ibrahim Coomassie, former Nigeria's Inspector-General of Police and chairman of the  ACF that the North has tolerated Niger Delta Avengers enough and adjured them to desist henceforth from carrying out further attacks describing the attacks as the height of criminality which is totally unacceptable.

He questioned the rationale behind their attacks ”when there is a machinery in place by the Federal Government to develop the region such as the Ministry of the Niger Delta, Niger-Delta Development Company and the Amnesty Intervention Programme adding that money was being passed through all these agencies. So, why didn’t they develop their areas? They must stop now or else ……” he fumed.

“Why are they asking for more? They were in government and certain projects were diverted there, including the fund for the dredging of River Niger. What else do they want?”