Niger Delta Avengers Checking Weather To Drop Arms or Not

 Those who are in the leadership of the Niger Delta Avengers,
NDA, the militant group which has claimed
responsibility for recent attacks on oil and gas
installations in Niger Delta region, was believed
to be evaluating, weekend, the overtures from
the Delta State Government’s Advocacy
Committee, headed by the deputy governor, Mr.
Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, to stop further attacks.





Sunday Vanguard learned that though distrustful
of government’s real intention, the militant group
had been monitoring the utterances and body
language of the deputy governor and members
of his committee since they ventured into the
creeks in the last one week.
Otuaro committee had not made any formal
contact with the Avengers because the members
have remained mysterious, but the intelligence
command of the NDA, said to be keeping a tab
not just on the team but also the Joint Task
Force, JTF, in the Niger Delta and other
government agencies, has reportedly given a
preliminary report on its findings.





“The militants are considering whether to heed
the appeal by the deputy governor to cease
further vandalisation of pipelines and give his
committee a chance to open a window for
dialogue with the appropriate authorities or
otherwise”, source told Sunday Vanguard.
“They also want to know if his boss, Governor
Ifeanyi Okowa, just set up the committee or he
has the blessing of President Muhammadu
Buhari on what he is doing.





 They noted that the
National Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty
Programme, Brigadier General Paul Boroh (retd.),
reneged on his decision to follow the Otuaro
committee to the creeks and would want to
know what is amiss.”