Avengers ceasefire: Ijaw youth warn Buhari against ‘political hawks’

Yesterday, militant group Niger Delta Avengers  a ceasefire.

In a statement released by its spokesperson Brig. Gen Mudoch Agbinibo, the group said it would begin a “cessation of hostilities in the Niger Delta against all interest of the Multinational oil Corporations.

“We will give our Niger Delta elders and genuine stakeholders that tacit support to the dialogue table with the government and the Multinational oil Corporations whenever the enabling environment prevails.”

While welcoming the news, the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has counseled President Muhammad Buhari to change his strategy moving forward.

In a statement this afternoon, its spokesperson Frank Omare, noted its preference for dialogue.

“IYC has always advocated dialogue as the means to the resolution of the Niger Delta crisis,” he said. As a result, we welcome the conditional declaration of ceasefire by the Niger Delta Avengers if it is actually from them.

“We call on the federal government, especially President Buhari to take advantage of this ceasefire to aggressively dialogue with the people of the region to address the issues affecting the region.

“For the umpteenth time, we call for a bipartisan and sincere dialogue to resolve the root causes of the recurrent Niger Delta crisis.

The dialogue should be issue-based and not to solve immediate problems and massage the ego of personalities.”

Add the statement: “President Buhari must avoid listening to political hawks around him at the expense of the country’s unity and development.”

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