MEND to Avengers: Blowing pipelines won’t resolve Niger Delta problems

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has told members of the Niger Delta Avengers that the destruction of oil and gas pipelines will not resolve the issues confronting the Niger Delta.
MEND said it is obvious the Niger Delta Struggle is beyond the attack on oil installations.
In a statement by its spokesman, Jomo Gbomo, MEND said if the objective of the NDA is to redress the injustice done to the Niger Delta region, then the time to observe a ceasefire was now.
The group, in the statement on Monday, which named a seven-member team to dialogue with the Federal Government on the Niger Delta crisis, said: “Our message to the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) is simple: The Niger Delta struggle is beyond attacks on oil installations.
“If indeed your cause is to avenge the injustice done to the Niger Delta region; then, we urge you to ceasefire and join us to the table of negotiation with the Federal Government.
“Otherwise, the Niger Delta struggle shall be hijacked, once again by selfish interests for their own personal aggrandizement.”
Gbomo said the problems and challenges facing the region after attacks on key installations were environmental pollution and political corruption.
NAN.