Niger Delta Avengers To Resume Bombing Of Oil Installations

Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), a deadly militant group in Niger
Delta region, has threatened an imminent return with ‘Operation
Humble,’ which is similar to its ‘Operation Red’ of 2016, designed
to destroy oil installations.

In a statement released on its website on Saturday, the NDA
threatened to crash the country’s economy and send it into a
permanent recession.

A statement sighted on the group’s acclaimed website at the
weekend stated that they would attack politicians working and
collaborating with the Federal Government “to undermine the
interest of the Niger Delta region.”

The group bemoaned the fact that the region has remained
neglected despite its rich resources, stressing that its fresh
violent onslaught against oil installations will shake the
economy.

Findings revealed that the acclaimed NDA website that released
the statement is different from that which the group used in its
build-up to disrupting the oil industry in 2016, with the last
statement on that NDA website issued on Wednesday, January 17,
2018.

However, in its fresh statement, the group recalled that it
suspended its famous, operation ‘Red Economy‚’ which bled the
Nigerian economy into a recession about four years ago not because
it was lazy but for the love, it had for the people and out of
respect for the voice of the elders of the region. The group
lamented the underdevelopment of the region and the undermining of
the collective interests of its people.

The NDA also stated that it had lost confidence in all
socio-cultural groups like the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), the
elders and “the bunch of so-called ex-agitators frolicking with the
government at our detriment.”

The statement read in part: “This operation shall be coded
‘Operation Humble’ aimed at bringing down targeted oil
installations in the Niger Delta capable of humbling the economy
into permanent recession. This mission is also targeted at
political actors, who are collaborating with the Nigerian
government to undermine the interest of the Niger Delta people.

“There is no doubt that the Nigerian Government has continued to
pay deaf ears to our demands and the rising challenges in the
country because the pipelines that crisscross our lands are left
untouched, allowing dollars to flow into the federal treasury on a
daily basis for mismanagement.

“We shall spare no single oil installation within our range of
strategic targets marked for destruction in the coming days and we
bet the Nigerian Government will be humbled to return to the
drawing board and chart an all-inclusive course by the time we are
done with our action plan.

“Members of our strike teams across the Niger Delta are
commanded to be on red alert awaiting precise strike plans as
mapped by the high command of the NDA. The command has promoted and
appointed one of our finest operatives, Field Commander Tu-ere aka
Queen of the Creeks, to the rank of Brigadier General. She is an
experienced field agent who before now was the head of the
counterintelligence unit of the NDA, using her connections with top
government and security officials to deliver on her
assignment.”

The statement continued: “She was part of our elite Strike Teams
that attacked and took down the Chevron Valve platform on the 4th
of May, 2016; the Shell Forcados 48-inch Export line on the 3rd of
June, 2016; and the Exxon Mobil Qua Iboe 48 Crude Oil Pipeline on
the 11th of July, 2016.

“Brig. Gen. Tu-ere is the first female to ever attain this level
and it is solely out of merit, and she is placed in charge by our
High Command to execute ‘Operation Humble’ to the letter.”

Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), a deadly militant group in Niger
Delta region, has threatened an imminent return with ‘Operation
Humble,’ which is similar to its ‘Operation Red’ of 2016, designed
to destroy oil installations.

In a statement released on its website on Saturday, the NDA
threatened to crash the country’s economy and send it into a
permanent recession.

A statement sighted on the group’s acclaimed website at the
weekend stated that they would attack politicians working and
collaborating with the Federal Government “to undermine the
interest of the Niger Delta region.”

The group bemoaned the fact that the region has remained
neglected despite its rich resources, stressing that its fresh
violent onslaught against oil installations will shake the
economy.

Findings revealed that the acclaimed NDA website that released
the statement is different from that which the group used in its
build-up to disrupting the oil industry in 2016, with the last
statement on that NDA website issued on Wednesday, January 17,
2018.

However, in its fresh statement, the group recalled that it
suspended its famous, operation ‘Red Economy‚’ which bled the
Nigerian economy into a recession about four years ago not because
it was lazy but for the love, it had for the people and out of
respect for the voice of the elders of the region. The group
lamented the underdevelopment of the region and the undermining of
the collective interests of its people.

The NDA also stated that it had lost confidence in all
socio-cultural groups like the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), the
elders and “the bunch of so-called ex-agitators frolicking with the
government at our detriment.”

The statement read in part: “This operation shall be coded
‘Operation Humble’ aimed at bringing down targeted oil
installations in the Niger Delta capable of humbling the economy
into permanent recession. This mission is also targeted at
political actors, who are collaborating with the Nigerian
government to undermine the interest of the Niger Delta people.

“There is no doubt that the Nigerian Government has continued to
pay deaf ears to our demands and the rising challenges in the
country because the pipelines that crisscross our lands are left
untouched, allowing dollars to flow into the federal treasury on a
daily basis for mismanagement.

“We shall spare no single oil installation within our range of
strategic targets marked for destruction in the coming days and we
bet the Nigerian Government will be humbled to return to the
drawing board and chart an all-inclusive course by the time we are
done with our action plan.

“Members of our strike teams across the Niger Delta are
commanded to be on red alert awaiting precise strike plans as
mapped by the high command of the NDA. The command has promoted and
appointed one of our finest operatives, Field Commander Tu-ere aka
Queen of the Creeks, to the rank of Brigadier General. She is an
experienced field agent who before now was the head of the
counterintelligence unit of the NDA, using her connections with top
government and security officials to deliver on her
assignment.”

The statement continued: “She was part of our elite Strike Teams
that attacked and took down the Chevron Valve platform on the 4th
of May, 2016; the Shell Forcados 48-inch Export line on the 3rd of
June, 2016; and the Exxon Mobil Qua Iboe 48 Crude Oil Pipeline on
the 11th of July, 2016.

“Brig. Gen. Tu-ere is the first female to ever attain this level
and it is solely out of merit, and she is placed in charge by our
High Command to execute ‘Operation Humble’ to the letter.”