Posted on: 02:24 Sun, 12 Jun 2016



A group that calls itself the joint
revolutionary council of the Joint
Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF),
and claims to be the ‘highest organ’ of
“all the freedom fighting body” has
declared ceasefire.

The Niger Delta group, which had
earlier threatened to launch six
missiles and to also shutdown the
country’s airspace, said it decided
to do otherwise after the federal
government offered to dialogue.

But the JNDLF has insisted that
government must comply with its
demands if it wants peace…

Among the group’s demands is the
immediate release of Sambo
Dasuki, former National Security
Adviser (NSA), reversal of the order
to freeze the bank accounts of
Tompolo, establishment of
Maritime University in
Okerenkoko, among others.

The group threatened “to go after”
Niger Delta governors, “if they
betray the region”.



“We shall continue to engage in
dialogue if our demands are met.
Our representatives for the
dialogue, especially the governors
and others will not betray our
demands with the federal
government.

Any betrayal on their own part
shall be viewed as betrayal of the
entire region and we shall go after
them immediately as they know our
mode of operation in which they
will not escape from us,” JNDLF
said in a statement.

They boasted, “There is no
gainsaying that we made our
earlier promise to launch six
missiles simultaneously against
some targeted areas. But this was
waved aside as a result of appeals
made to us through email by the
federal government and some
international nations to open talks
with Buhari.

“We saw some genuine aspiration
on the part of Buhari, who made
several contacts to us to see reason
with them over the issue of under-
development of the region. And
since he (Buhari) had set the ball
rolling for a clear negotiation with
us, there is no problem without
solution. We have therefore
declared ceasefire in order to
negotiate with the government if it
is a true reflection of what they
have in mind to develop the Niger
Delta region.”