Joint
Niger Delta Liberation Force, NDLF, yesterday, alleged that some top Army
officers planning to overthrow President Muhammadu Buhari goverment had
approached Niger- Delta militants to continue bombing oil installations to give
pretext and justification for a coup against him.
The
militant group in a statement by the Commander, General Duties, Joint
Revolutionary Council, JRC, of JNDLF, General Akotebe Darikoro and others,
said: “We are constrained to let the cat out of the bag today that President
Buhari should be wary about the security of this country as some military men
are making moves to remove him from power by instigating civil unrest in the
country.
“Some
top military men through their civil agents approached us to cause and continue
the vandalization of oil and gas pipelines in the Niger Delta region to serve
as an excuse to take over the government from democracy to military rule in the
country.
“We
said no, as such plan is not in conformity with our genuine desire of
agitation. The military want to disgrace him now and let him quickly look into
the issues and make pronouncement for his administration to be in peace.
“Let
the President analyze certain memo from the military concerning Niger Delta
region before taking actions, otherwise the military will use that as a
platform to remove him.
“We
know that the issue of Niger Delta is political and we prefer political
solution to resolve it, but if the president refuses, that is not our problem.
“Since
some military men want to use various agitations in the country and the
President’s probing of the military, which they said exposes the respected
uniformed personnel to disrepute and ridicule before the civilian populaces as
an excuse to strike.
“We
received several calls from unknown persons to persuade us to continue the
bombing and that when they succeed in overthrowing the government, we will be
in a better position. “We said capital no, when asked of their names, they said
they are above Major General level.
They
refused to disclose their names but their intonation seemed like Yoruba and
Hausa. “Our agitation is not for selfish interest but for the overall benefit
of the Niger Delta region.
We will not kidnap any person or kill
expatriate in the country but will continue our agitation with clear
determination to actualize our cause in Nigeria.”
Source:Vanguard Newspaper
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