Unrepentant Avengers mocks Tompolo, threatens bloody attacks
WARRI- NIGER Delta Avengers, NDA, Monday evening, derided
former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, over the
sufferings and untold hardship soldiers have subjected innocent people of
Gbaramatu Kingdom, Delta State, particularly women and children to in the past
four days .
The militant group, in a statement, by its spokesperson, Col Mudoch
Agbinibo, said it warned Tompolo when he took sides with the Nigerian
government against it, but he refused to listen. Describing the Army as
cowardly for taking the battle to helpless civilians, the group said it was
going to carry out more attacks, go personal against business mogul and
pipeline contractor, Captain Okunbor Idahosa and army officer, Major B. Yahaya,
who is leading the assault against unarmed Gbaramatu people. NDA scorned: “Our
dear brother, Tompolo, how is your friendship with the Nigerian Government. The
people you took side with against us (the Niger Delta Avengers).
We offered you
the olive branch by beckoning you to join us in this struggle, but you
refused.” It asserted: “It is not our business what goes on in Gbaramatu
Kingdom but our concern is the innocent children, women and aged people, whom
the Nigerian military has chased away from their homes now taking refuge in the
forest. We warned you before hand that the Nigerian Government, can never be
trusted.” “To the Nigeria military, why are you looking for soft targets? If
you are looking for the Avengers, you know how to find us. Don’t deceive your
President.
“Information gathered by the Intelligence unit of the Niger Delta
Avengers revealed that Oil Marine Services (OMS) whose Chairman and CEO is
Capt. Okunbor Idahosa also known, as Capt. Hosa, is the company Nigerian Government
awarded the Pipeline surveillance contract to, spanning from Escravos to
Lokoja,” the group said. Col Agbinibo alleged that in collaboration with an
Itsekiri leader, some military officers were bribed with N250 million to
destroy Gbaramatu kingdom “in the guise of looking for the Niger Delta
Avengers.
” The militant group said: “The question is, why the innocent people
of Gbaramatu, why the innocent pregnant women, why unleash terror on the aged
people of Gbaramatu, Capt. Hosa, Major Yahaya, Ayiri and Brig. Gen Faruk – must
you waste all these innocent blood just to secure the pipeline surveillance
job? “Why making the innocent people of Gbaramatu suffer? This act of the
Nigerian Army to us is the greatest act of cowardice. This fight we believe is
against the Avengers and not the innocent villagers of Gbaramatu Kingdom,” it
stated. NDA asked: “Where is the International community and the United Nations
when all these unspeakable injustice are served the people of Gbaramatu Kingdom
by the very unprofessional Nigerian Military? Are they not aware of the raping
of young girls, looting and destruction of properties by the Nigeria military
in Gbaranmatu kingdom? Not done with Tompolo, it said:
“As for you Tompolo,
what do you have to say about the horrible treatment meted your people by
Nigerian Military, are you still going to call the Niger Delta Avengers
criminals, are you still going to take sides with the Nigeria Government
against your people? “What happened to you (Tompolo)? We respect the love you
have for your people, the Niger Delta. What is really happening to you when the
likes of Mr Ayiri, Capt Hosa and co are unleashing this kind of atrocities on
your people. “Has the wealth you acquired made you soft that you do not know
what to do anymore? It jabbed at him. To the military, the group insisted: “The
Nigerian Military cannot intimidate us by harassing innocent Niger Deltans.
Gbaramatu is just one kingdom in Delta State. The Niger Delta is made up of
seven States.” “It is, therefore, very funny to lure us to halt our
well-planned line of actions that will shock the whole world by harassing
innocent villagers,” it remarked. The militants asserted: “To you, Capt. Hosa
the new pipeline protector; the intelligence unit of the Avengers has your full
data, we know where all your assets are located and that most of your
businesses are in the Niger Delta. For this single act of injustice against the
innocent people of Gbaramatu you, your wife and entire family will suffer.” “
To
Major M.B. Yahaya, we are sure you have not seen real combat before; how did
you rise to the rank of a Major, this is to show that Nigerian Military is
finished if it is to depend on people like you. “You are only good at harassing
innocent women and children in the name of looking for the Niger Delta
Avengers. We are not surprised because all Nigerian Military are corrupt. Be
assured that we are making this fight personal with you as we shall make your
life a living hell. “Can anyone tell the difference between Major MB Yahaya, Brig.
Gen Faruk Yahaya and Boko Haram? We are asking because we cannot spot any
difference. “Is the Nigeria military now a hired gun for the rich? The Amnesty
International should take note of these officers, who authorized the harassing
of the innocent people of Gbaramatu,” it added. The group went on: “To the
International Oil Companies and Indigenous Oil Companies, it is going to be
bloody this time around. Your facilities and personnel will bear the brunt of
our fury, which shall fall upon you like a whirling wind.”
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