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| VP Osinbajo met with Niger Delta Governors on Tuesday |
The new militant group
known as Niger Delta Avengers, that has claimed responsibility for a series of
attacks on oil and gas installations, has rejected an offer of talks with the
Nigerian government.
Media
report continues:
The
group said on Twitter on Wednesday that it would have nothing to do with a
committee authorized by the government to hold talks with its members.
“This
is to the gen(eral) public we’re not negotiating with any committee. If
Fed(eral) Gov(ernmen)t is discussing with any group they’re doing that on their
own,” it said on Twitter.
The
minister of state for petroleum, Ibeh Kachikwu, had said on Monday that
President Muhammadu Bubari had ordered a two-week cessation of military
operations in the area to allow for negotiations.
On
Tuesday, the government ordered the immediate withdrawal of troops from Niger
Delta communities amid allegations of harassment and indiscriminate arrest of
locals.
The
Avengers, which previously attacked Chevron, Eni and Shell facilities, says it
wants a sovereign state of Niger Delta, and has vowed to reduce Nigeria’s oil
production to “zero”.
On Wednesday, the group announced that it had blown up a Chevron well called “RMP 20” located next to Dibbi flow station in the Warri local government area of Delta State at 1 a.m.
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