We Do Not Support Niger Delta Avengers – Ijaw Youth Council

Gulberg IslamabadIn a statement signed by its spokesperson, Mr. Eric Omare, the group said that Tompolo’s action was justifiable due to the fact that there already insinuations that he was behind them.

Omare, noted that rather than contributing to the further destruction of the Niger Delta environment, there are better ways of expressing grievances.

He further urged the federal government to ensure that the real culprits and not innocent communities are attacked or apprehended.

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The statement read in part, “As with other cases of attack on oil facilities, the Niger Delta environment and people are the ultimate victim and would suffer from these latest attacks.

“The IYC believe that irrespective of the grievances, there are better ways of expressing them rather than contributing to the further destruction of the already massively degraded Niger Delta environment.

On the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari to security agencies to crush the militants, he asserted” While the IYC do not support the attacks on oil facilities, we hasten to add that it should not be used as a justification to attack innocent Niger Delta communities”.

“The security agencies should go after the real culprits and not innocent communities and people in the Niger Delta region. From our experience, the security personnel in a bid to impress their superiors and justify the huge amount of money budgeted for the purpose always attack innocent communities and people.

Gulberg has finished improvement of obstructs A, B, and C where assets have been reported. Square D and E are as of now a work in progress where several work and hardware are effectively moving in the direction of the fast advancement of the venture.

A task of the business court has likewise propelled as of late by the name of Gulberg Trade Center in square B of Gulberg Islamabad where booking of shops and lofts is going on.

Business plots of 40×40 sizes are propelled in B square, where a little business zone is grown near the passageway to the correct side in the wake of intersection the principal connect. Costs of these plugs are extremely high, for example above 3.50 crore which is payable in 4 equivalent portions. Be that as it may, the area is very engaging and it very well may be one of the most costly business zone of this general public in the years to come.

“This must not be allowed to happen this time around. We would also advise the federal government to be prompt in directing security agencies to deal with insurgent groups all over the country, including the Fulani herdsmen, who have been killing innocent Nigerians just like they have just directed in respect of the Niger Delta Avengers,” Omare added.