Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday, pleaded with militants in the Niger Delta region to desist from bombing oil installations, saying that the people of the state are the greatest losers in the acts of violence.
The Governor made this known while commissioning a recently completed road in the state.
He further noted that the blowing up of pipelines is polluting the Niger Delta environment and also causing other hardships to the people.
He said, “The pipeline vandalism that is going on is very bad for Delta State, we are suffering from pollution, our communities are affected, and we are the greatest losers; our communities are impacted negatively.”
“I want to appeal to our brothers who are involved in one way or the other in these vandalism to stop, we cannot destroy ourselves in order to make a point, there are more civil ways of channeling grievances which we should apply than vandalizing pipelines and endangering our people.”
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