The militant group, considered as an affiliate of the rampaging Niger Delta Avengers, said;
The federal government's failure to dialogue with the people of the region is worrisome and inciting.
In a statement it issued on Saturday, the militant group said the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEN) should stop parading itself as leader of militant groups in the region.
Their statement reads:
“We have said it before that we have nothing to lose on the bombing of oil pipelines because our mission is to ground the oil economy if our demands are not met. We have said we are doing what we are doing to prod the government to renegotiate the control of our oil resources and other related matters.
“We have watched with chagrin the recent utterance by the President (Muhammadu Buhari) and the Vice President (Yemi Osinbajo) and all we are see in them are double standard and lips service to the demand of the groups as its concerns the Niger Delta question and that is why all of our units and affiliates have not fully heeded to our ceasefire. Today, the president will say something, tomorrow his deputy and some of their dishonest and selfish lieutenants will contradict him and that only show how confused and unserious the government is about the problems and how to deal with them.”
Meanwhile, MEND is still preaching peace, urging Niger Delta activists, militants and other agitators to be united in finding a solution to the region’s crisis.
It said in a statement that it was necessary for the region to speak with one voice and channel grievances and demands to the Federal Government through the Niger Delta Dialogue and Contact Group.
The militant group expressed the need to speak through a single umbrella of the “Aaron Team 2 Dialogue and Peace Initiative” led by Mr. Odein Ajumogobia (SAN).
It asked why many groups, who were silent during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s “neglect and misrule,” had suddenly found their voice.
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