Metro N'Delta Militants, Pro-Biafrans Not Serious About Breaking Away From Nigeria - Ohanaeze

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The Secretary-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof Ben Nwabueze, has said that the resurgence of Niger Delta militancy and the renewed agitation for Biafra are mere reactions to marginalization of the South-East by the Muhammadu Buhari administration.

According to him, the two regions were not happy with the distribution of federal government’s appointments, as it had not favoured them in comparison other regions in the country.

“I am not sure these agitators really want to secede. I think they are merely reacting to marginalization by the government, especially in the appointments,”

Buhari’s first set of appointments had completely excluded the South-East and allocated “fewer” slots to the South-South, compared to other zones, he pointed out.

"All the strategic appointments so far made by this government went to the North. If you check through the list, many of those working with the president are his family members. That is nepotism.

“So, naturally, the South-East people felt they didn’t belong to Nigeria.”

He added that a statement from the Presidency saying it would crush the Niger Delta militants the way he crushed Boko Haram, added salt to injury.

"You don’t say such a thing. We are not even sure he has crushed Boko Haram; they are still operating. You cannot compare the Niger Delta militants to Boko Haram. The Niger Delta is the source of Nigeria’s economic wellbeing. If they squeeze you, they will strangle you economically.
And because the president said he would, instead of engaging the militants in dialogue, crush them as he crushed Boko Haram, the militants said: “Well, we shall see.” So, they began to bomb pipelines and gas installations, bringing the nation’s economy to this mess. Now the economy is going down, the price of oil in the international market is going down and Nigeria’s oil production capacity is also going down.
 

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