accordingly rather than dialogue with them says the Supreme Niger Delta Youth Council Worldwide, SNDYCW.
National President of SNDYCW, Prince Michael Newgent Ekamon in an interactive session with journalists argued that the Niger Delta Avengers should reveal their true identity if indeed they are genuine agitators for the betterment of Niger Delta region and people.
Ekamon equally quarrelled with the choice of personalities allegedly chosen by the group to represent them in their dialogue with the FG, contending that some of them neither understands nor is empathetic towards the Niger Delta people.
"Who are the Niger Delta Avengers? What are they fighting for? Do they represent their belly or the entire people of Niger Delta region? These are pertinent questions the Federal Government, FG must resolve before seeking to dialogue with these people.
"It would be an exercise in futility if the FG on frequent basis engages any group that emerges with all kinds of claims and agitation, settles that group and another one like a mushroom emerges with its own claims
"We, Niger Delta youths cannot sit by and watch our common wealth being frittered away to serve the interest of a few. What we want in our region is sustainable peace and development" Ekamon maintained
"If they Niger Delta Avengers persist in their acts of economic sabotage of the region in particular and the nation generally, they should be regarded as economci criminals and dealth with as such.
We must also remind the FG that the Minister of Transport, Rt Hon Rotimi Amaechi rejected the-cash-for-gun settlement policy of the late President Musa Yar'Adua. What he had predicted then is now happening.
From the North-East, the Boko Haram insurgent after devastating the Nation for so long are now seeking amnesty and settlement. Now they Niger Delta Avengers are coming with their own agenda
"FG must make up its mind whether it wants sustainable peace and development like we do or to dialogue with criminals whenever the need arises.
"Our position for now is that the Niger Delta Avengers do not represent us the youths and people of Niger Delta, we do not know they cause they fighting or who they represent" Ekamon averred.
Ekamon who equally dismissed the choice of Prof. Wole Soyinka And former governor of Abia Chief Orji Uzor Kalu
"We respect the fact that Prof Soyinka is a literary figure and international personality, but we are not aware of his empathy or passion for the affairs the Niger Delta region. As for Chief Kalu, the man is an interloper and an inconsistent politician, we dont see how these two gentlemen can adequately represent us. They dont have us in mind, they have never been interested in us, so how can they understand our pains and grievances. Selecting these two to represent them are some of the reasons we are quite
suspicious of what the Niger Delta Avengers represents" Ekamon affirmed.
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