The Niger Delta Avengers [NDA] have debunked President Buhari Muhammadu Buhari’s claim that there is ongoing peace negotiations with the militants.
Speaking through its self-styled Brigadier General spokesperson, Mudoch Agbinibo, the group said that they are not aware of any peace talk.
He said: “Our attention has been drawn to media report that the President is in touch with Niger Delta agitators including the Niger Delta are not aware of any peace talk.
“But the truth is that we are not aware of any peace talk.”
President Buhari had on Thursday in Abuja said that his administration is talking to Niger Delta militants.
He said the talks are channelled through oil companies and law-enforcement agencies to find a lasting solution to insecurity in the region.
Buhari spoke at a farewell audience with Mr. Michael Zinner, the outgoing Ambassador of Germany to Nigeria at the State House.
he said that government is studying the instruments of the Amnesty Programme inherited from the previous administration with a view to carrying out commitments made that were undelivered.
The group maintained that “if there is any such peace talk, it means the President is talking to their mercenaries set to disturb the genuine struggle of the agitators.”
He asserted that “President Buhari-led government is not sincere to the Nigeria people and their foreign allies.”
He stated that ‘if they are to engage in any peace talk we made it clear that the international community must be part of it.’
“The President knows our demands.
“So they should stop deceiving the international oil companies, the general public and the international community.”
Earlier on Wednesday, July 20, 2016, the Avengers also flayed reports that Nigeria military arrested Niger Delta Avengers logistics supplier.
They called it is “the biggest joker of the 21st century.”
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