Niger Delta Avengers resume hostilities

LAGOS, November 3, 2017 – The Niger Delta Avengers announced an end to their ceasefire on Friday.

The group had announced it had ceased hostilities in August 2016 after several months of its “Operation Red Economy” campaign, in which they attacked oil facilities of Chevron, Shell and ExxonMobil, lowering the country’s oil production to 1.4 million bopd in May. The government has been holding negotiations with the Pan-Nigeria Delta Forum (Pandef), resulting in the government pledging a series of measures in August.

“To the elders of the Niger Delta, Pandef, we warned you against the antics of the Nigerian government yet you requested a chance to broker a new vision for our people; we told you and the rest of the world that the Nigerian government is only interested in our oil wells and not our well being yet you told us the signs are different this time around,” the statement read.

“Our next line of operation will not be like the 2016 campaign which we operated successfully without any casualties; this outing will be brutish, brutal and bloody, as we are shall crush everything we meet on our path to completely put off the fires that burn to flair [sic] gas in our communities and cut every pipe that moves crude away from our region. We can assure you that every oil installation in our region will feel warmth of the wrath of the Niger Delta Avengers,” it read.

The statement also referred to the recently dispatched Egina FPSO. “To the Nigerian government, we are aware of Egina FPSO built in South Korea by Samsung to be operated by Total Nigeria is one of the biggest FPSO built in South Korea has started it’s voyage to the oilfields of the Niger Delta to further exploit us while our concerns are left unattended. We are presently tracking and monitoring it’s movement; and God willing it shall not operate successfully in amidst the return of the fury of the Niger Delta Avengers [sic],” it said.

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