Dennis Naku Published 1 June 2021A coalition of militant groups in Niger Delta has vowed to cripple oil installations in the region if the Federal Government fails to inaugurate the substantive board of the Niger Delta Development Commission after seven days.The militants led by the Supreme Egbesu Freedom Fighters backed a similar ultimatum issued by a former Niger Delta warlord, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, said they would.
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A militant group, the Supreme Egbesu Freedom Fighters (SEFF), today issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to inaugurate the substantive board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
The group threatened to shutdown and cripple all major flow stations, oil wells and pipelines owned by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) if the Federal Government fails to inaugurate the substantive board of the NDDC.
The militant group handed down the ultimatum in an electronic mail at the end of an emergency meeting conveyed by the SEFF’s Commanding Officer, General Agadagba Obus popularly called Thunder.
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By Emma Amaize, Samuel Oyadongha, Adesina Wahab & Davies Iheamnachor
MILITANT groups in the nine states of Niger Delta have teamed up with the General Officer Commanding, GOC, Niger-Delta Struggle, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, and protesting Ijaw Youths Council, IYC, threatening to shut down major oil flow stations, wells and crude delivery lines of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, in the region over President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to instruct Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to inaugurate the substantive Board of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.
The militants under the auspices of Supreme Egbesu Freedom Fighters in a statement by the Commanding Officer, self-styled “General” Agadagba Obus, alias Thunder, warned: “If the Federal Government refuses to inaugurate the NDDC board within the seven-day ultimatum already declared by Tompolo, then we will have