Why we didn’t deploy our missiles as promised – Niger Delta group

We saw some genuine aspiration on the part of Pharaoh
of Nigeria (Buhari) who made several contacts to us to
see reasons with them in terms of under-development
of the region. And since he (Buhari) had set the ball
rolling for a clear negotiation with us, there is no

problem without solution hence we ceasefire to negotiate with the government if it is a true reflection of what they have in mind to development the Niger Delta region.

There is no gain saying that we made our earlier promise
to launch 6 Missiles simultaneously against some
targeted areas. But this was waved side as a result of
Federal Government and some international nations
through email to us to open talks with Buhari.
We saw some genuine aspiration on the part of Pharaoh
of Nigeria (Buhari) who made several contacts to us to
see reasons with them in terms of under-development
of the region. And since he (Buhari) had set the ball
rolling for a clear negotiation with us, there is no
problem without solution hence we ceasefire to negotiate with the government if it is a true reflection of what they have in mind to development the Niger Delta region.
We are not ready to negotiate with the federal
government in terms of monetary benefit to us but how
genuinely the government can develop the region is at
the centre of our discussion, anything less than that we
will continue our struggle without further warning to the
federal government.

Our demands include:

1. Immediate release of the former National Security
Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd.) and Dr. Nnamdi
Kanu, whose releases was pronounced by the court
severally and their continue detention is unconstitutional
and against the tenet of our nascent democracy in the
country.

2. Direct EFCC to defreeze the bank accounts of ex-
militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, (a.k.a.
Tompolo)

3. The only Nigerian Maritime University sited in the
most appropriate and befitting place – Okerenkoko in
Delta State, must start the 2015/2016 academic session
immediately.

4. The immediate implementation of the report of the
2014 National Conference report, failure of which Nigeria will forcefully break-up.

5. Oil-polluted lands in the Niger Delta must be cleaned
up, while compensation should be paid to all oil-
producing communities, e.g. Chevron fire outbreak of
gas explosion in Koluama, Bayelsa state and Bonga Oil
Spill in 2011.

6. Removal of Brigadier General Paul Boroh (rtd.) as an
Amnesty Coordinator who is naïve about the
programmes and policies and does not know us to the
grassroot. Hence he (Boroh) should be re-placing with
Dr. Felix Tuodolo who has been in the struggle of non-
violence since 1980 and the designer of the Amnesty
programme, as this will stall further vandalization of
pipelines in the region.

7. Why all these attacks on oil and gas pipelines in the
region is that the Pharaoh of Nigeria (Buhari) made a
childish statement that, he will develop those areas that
gave him 95% votes during his presidential election last
year. We the Niger Delta people only gave him 5% hence
we vowed that our oil money will not be use for the
development of any other region. The President should
change his mind set towards the region, if not this will
continue.

We further thanked the American government and other
international nations through several email, in prevailing
on us not to use Missiles but to tow the part of coming
into a round table discussion with the federal
government, we shall continue to engage in dialogue if
our demands are met. Our representatives for the
dialogue especially the Governors and others will not
betray our demands with the federal government. Any
betrayal on their own part shall be viewed as betrayal of
the entire region and we shall go after them immediately
as they knows our mode of operation in which they will
not escape from us. We also thank our foreign partners
who have gone back with their chartered submarine
vessel if these demands are not met as we have
ceasefire now, there will be NO further ultimatum to the
Nigerian government.
Being a statement by the Joint Niger Delta Liberation

Force and signed by:
GENERAL AKOTEBE DARIKORO (Commander, General
Duties)
GENERAL TORUNANAOWEI LATEI (Creeks Network
Coordinator)
GENERAL AGBAKAKURO OWEI-TAURO (Pipelines Bleeding
Expert)
GENERAL PULOKIRI EBILADEI (Intelligence Bureau).