LIMUP new militia group Delta state gives FG Govt 60 day’s ultimatum to meet demands
— with Hon Leo Ogor, Charles Ozoemena, Urhobo Upu Chicagoland, Joy Okporo, Henry Efe Duku, Nigèr Dêlta Mèdia-Wátch, Amour Udemude, Leezee Onokurhefe, Upu Cape Town Urhobo, Joint-Action Front, Steven Ovedje,Uduaghan E Emmanuel, Nigeria Clara, Uduaghan Na Winner andEmmanuel Uduaghan.…Threaten to shut down oil facilities in Urhobo land … We would strike decisively and promptly with a devastating effect By Onitsha Shedrack An emerging militia group in Delta State, Liberation Movement of the Urhobo People (LIMUP) led by the most dreaded alleged kidnap kingpin in Delta State, South-South Nigeria, simply identified as Kelvin has given the Federal Government 60days to address what they termed as marginalization of the Kokori community in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State or they will unleash terror and shut down oil wells in Urhobo land. Kelvin who has since been declared wanted by the Nigeria security for allegedly masterminding high profile kidnap in Delta State while speaking to a team of Journalist yesterday in Kokori amidst cheers and applause from youth, women and men who came to identify with the group in their struggle to draw government attention to their suffering. According to Kelvin, while ventilating his anger against the Nigeria state said that: “against the erroneous believe that him and his group are kidnappers,” noted that such statements is far from the truth, that it is just an attempt by the Delta State government and the Security agency to give them a bad name, stressing that what they are after is to draw the attention of the world to the criminal neglect of Kokori community, an oil bearing community in the State. “For over fifty years, they have exploited our land in the guise of oil exploration with nothing to show for it in terms of development. There are no good roads, no industries for the youths to work, our women and mothers cannot farm again because of the devastating effect of the oil exploration on our land. “Fifty years of oil exploration has left our men prostrate without no meaningful source of livelihood. Most of them can no longer fend for their families and all attempts to draw the attention of the State Government and the Federal Government of Nigeria to the plight of the community have been greeted by repression, so we have no other alternative than to bear arms against the nation, in order to drive home our demands since the only language Nigeria understands is violence. “When the Ijaws and Itsekiris where agitating with arms, we the Urhobo youths chose to be peaceful, but what did we get? We are rather left out completely in the amnesty program. Is it not the same oil that the Ijaws and Itsekiris produce that is also produced in Kokori, which has the second best oil in Nigeria: So what is our crime?” He lamented. “Ibruvwe Kokori produces the best crude oil in the world and is internationally recognize by global oil major SPDC in their report and their bulletin, in spite of the contribution to the commonwealth of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, what do we have to show for it? It is a pity that we are in the midst of ocean, yet have no water to drink, this situation must change, and we are ready to spill our blood to liberate our people the Urhobo Nation. He added that the cease fire and peace currently enjoyed in Delta State is not as a result of men of the JTF or numbers of security men parading the streets of Delta, but rather that they decided to give peace a chance by giving the State and Federal Government a benefit of doubt because some of their elders apple to them stating that, “after this 60 days ultimatum, if we do not see any meaningful attempt by the authorities to address our plight, we would shut down all oil facilities in Urhobo land and there is no amount of security personnel that can stop us. “We will strike decisively and promptly with a devastating effect. This is not an empty threat as our people are behind us in this struggle, because to fear is to die many times. We have to take our destiny into our hands, since the Nigeria nation has failed us,” he added. A resident of the community who spoke on behalf of the youths, Ms. Favour Sokodi said, “We are here today because Kokori is suffering. There are no jobs for the youths, graduates whom their parents borrowed money to see through their tertiary education roam the streets with nothing to do and business have been very slow for our market women because there is no flow of income. “What we want the government to do is to build schools, hospitals, banks and cottage industries that can employ the men and teeming youths of the community. An indigene of the community, Chief Saroke Edah who spoke on behalf of the women said, “We thank God for using our son, Kelvin to fight for our course. He is not a criminal, as the government of Delta State wants the world to believe. Him and his group are fighting for what is just, equitable and legitimate. Therefore, he should not be given a bad name. “If the government had provided jobs for these youths and our husbands, would they take up arms to ask for what rightly belongs to them? Where the oil is found in Kokori, the land belongs to Kelvin’s grandfather and yet the family has nothing to show for over fifty years of oil exploration. Is this not injustice? She lamented. |
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Niger Delta Millitants of Urhobo Origin Give FG 60 Days Ultimatum
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