Niger Delta Avengers says halts attacks



A Nigerian militant group, which has claimed
responsibility for a series of attacks on oil and
gas facilities in the southern Niger Delta energy
hub in the last few months, said on Monday that
it had halted hostilities.
The statement by the Niger Delta Avengers
comes just over a week after the militant group
said it was ready for a ceasefire and talks with
the government.
The swampland region – which produces most of
the oil that makes up 70 percent of government
revenue – has been hit by pipeline attacks since
January which have cut the OPEC member’s
output by 700,000 barrels a day to 1.56 million
bpd.
“We have listened carefully and halted hostilities
in the Niger Delta,” said the Avengers in the
statement, presented as an “open letter” to
President Muhammadu Buhari on the group’s
website.
“We expect a genuine and positive attitude to
restructuring and self-determination for every
component unit of Nigeria,” the group said. It
added that “no amount of troop surge and
simulation exercises will make you win the oil
war”.
Nigeria‘s military on Saturday said that it had
launched a new offensive against militants in the
Delta, killing five and arresting 23, to crack down
on criminal activities.

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