You Are Not Freedom Fighters, You Are Fighting For Your Pockets, Osinbaji Tells Avengers

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo may have revealed why the Federal Government has refused to talk with the militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, who are still blowing up oil facilities in the Niger Delta region.

Speaking at the second foundation lecture of Elizade Universtiy ,Ilaramokin, Ondo State, Osinbajo called the Niger Delta Avengers economic economic warriors who are fighting for their own private pockets.

“The so called Avengers are not freedom fighters but fighting for their own economic benefits. They are avenging for their private pocket and that is why government is not talking with them”.

The Vice President disclosed that the Federal Government has concluded plans to tackle the menace of pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta region. He condemned the activities of the militants who claimed responsibility for the vandalization of petroleum pipelines in the Niger Delta region but said “the previous government neglected the region for several years, hence the current challenges in the region. The Federal Government has however put machinery in motion to curtail the activities of Niger Delta Avengers”.

Osinbajo hinted that the activities of the avengers were responsible for the poor power supply in the country as well as the inability of state governors to pay workers’ salaries due to the low revenue generated in the oil.

The Vice President’s position lends credence to an online report that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari has contracted the Saudi Arabian Blackwater Security $280 million deal
to help tackle the problem of militancy in the Niger Delta.

Niger Delta Avengers, reacting to the news, said in a statement: “The Niger Delta Avengers do not care if the federal government hires or concludes plans to bring in Bluewater, Graywater, Pinkwater, Whitewater or Blackwater mercenaries from Saudi Arabia. It is none of our business, the Saudi Arabia, has its own problem of terrorism, so coming here to help Nigerian government is funny. The Niger Delta region will win this war,” the group added.