#EndSARS/Ops Crocodile Smile: N’D Militants End Ceasefire, Threaten To Bomb Oil Assets

Following the recent military announcement to deploy troops for Operation Crocodile Smile VI and ongoing nationwide protest against police brutality, a coalition of nine renegade militant groups in the Niger Delta, say they are withdrawing from the ceasefire pact with the Federal Government.

The group said that they are withdrawing from the peace agreement in solidarity with #ENDSARS protesters in the country.

Coming under the auspices of Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA), the recalcitrant militant groups said they cannot guaranteed the safety of oil installations in the Niger Delta region.

The group threatened to commence bombing of oil assets if issues of poor welfare, armed oppression and inequality in the standard of living of ordinary Nigerians and the political elites are not immediately addressed.

“We, the agitating militant groups in the creeks are lending our voice to the demands of our great resilience Nigerian youths based on the fact that Nigeria is a blessed nation full of abundance of so much untapped natural resources, wherefore we demand for a better Nigeria that the welfare of the citizens should be serious taken into account.”

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Coordinator of the recalcitrant militant group, John Mark Ezon Ebi (AKA Obama), in the statement also decried the skewed revenue allocation formula in the country.

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The group warned that the RNDA leadership have directed its striking force units commanders in all the nine militant groups to be on standby and maintain what they called “Visibility on Identified Locations with Study and Locations Striking Methods,(VSLSM),” stating thus “we may resume bombing and heavy destruction of major crude oil pipelines and their platforms including the major gas distribution pipelines from Escravos linking to Warri Kaduna and to Lagos.

According to them other targeted assets include “major target pipelines including the Chevron Valve platform locate at Abiteye in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta state and this is one of chevron’s major platform most significant platform and it serves as a connecting point where all other chevron Niger Delta platforms link up and Shell underwater Forcardos 48-inch Export pipeline which connect from clough creek through river Ramos creek delivery line to the Forcardos terminal wish is a major and one of the Nigeria highest crude delivery pipeline will be brought down, the major Escravos trans Lagos pipeline linking Warri to Lagos.

“Also listed are major gas pipeline that supplies both Lagos and Abuja with constant electricity supply will be cut off, and other several gas and oil pipelines belonging to the NNPC located near Warri within the hinter land will also be blown up, the major chevron main electricity feedback pipelines located at the Escravos tank farm at Ciera creek will not be left out in this well-coordinated attack the major one of the highest crude oil producing wells owned by chevron which are RMP23 and RMP24 all located near Dibi in Warri North LGA, Delta state and it contribute majorly to the daily crude oil production chain of the country will all be blown up and cut to zero level and the Bunny Nembe creek trunk pipeline that located at Bonny Export terminal line in Rivers State will not be left out”.