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MEND GIVES NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT ULTIMATUM.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has given the federal government two weeks to “reach out to ‘Aaron Team Leader’ Odein Ajumogobia to signal government intention to commence dialogue” about quelling agitations in the Niger Delta region.
It said that if after the expiration of the two weeks, there is no action from the federal government, it would “safely assume” that government is truly not sincere about dialogue on the Niger Delta question and will only respond to the threat of violence or industrial action.
MEND was speaking in response to a recent piece titled ‘President Buhari sharpens focus on Niger Delta’, written by Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity.
In the piece, Garba had criticised the Niger Delta Avengers for “killing soldiers and policemen… kidnapping and killing oil company workers… and asking oil companies to stop operations and pack out of the Niger Delta region”.