Militant leader in the Niger Delta region, Don Waney ‘General’, has warned the members of Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), and other militant groups to stay away from Rivers State.
The militant leader, who is the leader of the Aggrieved Youth Movement (AYM), spoke in Aligwu, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State on Monday, stressing that he would fight any militant group that decided to make Rivers its target.
Waney urged NDA and other militant groups in the oil rich region to embrace peace and put an end of destruction of oil facilities in the area.
He stated that he was leading a militant group, which was only agitating as a result of youth unemployment, lack of technical training for manpower development, scholarships, widespread poverty, and lack of basic social infrastructure, among others.
He said, “On a strong note, we are non-violent and we shall remain so in our collective agitation for a better ONELGA (Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni LGA), Orashi and Rivers State.
“In the light of this, we call on the Niger Delta Avengers group to leave ONELGA and Orashi region out of their targets.
“We are against the bombing and destruction of vital oil and gas installations in our communities. We shall not allow them or any of their type to enter our land.
“We want peace and development and that is what we have signed with our governor, Nyesom Wike. Rivers State is peaceful and we do not want outsiders to cause crisis and general insecurity in our state again.”
Waney thanked the state governor for offering amnesty to repentant militants and expressed the need for other aggrieved groups to drop their weapons and embrace peace in order to ensure the growth of Niger Delta.
He said,“We have, accordingly, accepted amnesty gesture the government has granted us. We salute the governor for his love, for the sanctity of lives of some young people, who may have been deceived in the past.
“We believe that the amnesty will go a long way to transform for good, the lives of these youngsters. We hereby call on other armed groups to embrace the amnesty programme and give up militancy so that together, we can benefit from the development strides of the Rivers State Government.”
