By: Our Correspondent
As Federal Government continues in its effort to resolve the militancy issue in the Niger Delta region, a militant group, the Concerned Militant Leaders, CML, has warned that no other militant group will negotiate with the Federal Government until issues affecting the region are addressed, threatening that more attacks should be expected.
This warning was issued by the group after it confirmed the capture of a vessel with Liberian flag along Bakassi Peninsula of Nigerian waterways.
CML warned that no militant group should dialogue with the Federal Government, until it addressed the agitations of the Niger Delta agitators, particularly the release of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), which the group said it is particularly concerned about.
Spokesperson of CML, General Ben, in a statement said, “The vessel has the following details (excluding crew onboard), MMSI: 636015354; IMO: 9113551; gross tonnage: 25,202; Country Flag, Liberia; Crude oil tanker and Pilot, Captain Marcus.”
He further added that, “This is the worst government we have had since this democratic dispensation. People are suffering and dying out of hardship and government does not want to listen to the grievances of our people.
“There is no time again for negotiation with any government, and no group, even the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), should not do that. Government should wait for us and expect more pipeline attack,” it warned.
