Wednesday 21 September 2016

MILITANT GROUP BLAMES OIL FIRMS FOR NIGER DELTA IMPASSE

Paul Boroh  PHOTO: citynews.ngA militant group, Iduwini Volunteers Force (IWF), has said that the unending crisis and militancy in the Niger Delta could be traced to the unholy and insincere activities of some multinationals oil companies and their local counterparts.The firms, it said, allegedly use divide and rule tactics to fan the embers of violence in the region.

Besides, the group, which operates from one of the richest oil blocks in Ekeremor Local Council of Bayelsa State, has petitioned the National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj.-Gen. Babagana Mongunu, over oil companies that have allegedly refused to pay indigenous contractors who worked for them.

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