Niger Delta agitators group known as grassroots group of freedom fighters and liberation ambassadors have threatened to shut down oil facilities if the courts order the seizure of allocations meant for the 23 local government councils in Rivers State.
The group, Niger Delta Development Force (NDDF), that gave the warning at the weekend, threatened to bomb and shut down oil facilities and installations in the region should any judge, anywhere in the country, particularly in Abuja, stops revenue allocations to the 23 LGAs with democratically elected officials in line with the judgment of the Supreme Court.
They also warned the Federal Government not to resurrect the restiveness, agitations and militancy former Presidents Umaru Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan fought so hard to end through the amnesty programme.
Spokesman of the group, Justin Alabraba, told newsmen on Sunday, that any judgment from any court in Abuja on Monday or any other day, that denies local governments in Rivers State their statutory allocations will be met with heavy and devastating destruction of strategic oil installations across the region.
Alabraba said, “Let them try it on Monday or any other day, and see what will happen. We will shut down major oil pipelines and production installations, and it will be the beginning of the worst to come. Nyesom Wike cannot be using Tinubu’s powers to cause problems in Rivers State without any consequences”.
He said that leaders of the region have been raising the alarm and cautioning Wike’s enablers to rein in on him to halt the assault on the state and the government of Sir Siminalayi Fubara, warning that those wise counsel appear to be falling on deaf ears.
Alabraba reminded President Tinubu that any attempt to destabilise Rivers State will spiral into serious destabilisation of the entire Niger Delta, saying that Rivers State is the headquarters of the region.
He warned that crude oil and gas production in the region will suffer unprecedented suffocation if any untoward judgment is delivered against Rivers State or any part thereof, cautioning judges being to be mindful of the consequences of their actions.
The group said that they can no longer watch as FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, terrorise the state, using federal might and his relationship with Abuja-based judges to procure judgments designed to undermine Governor Fubara, the government and people of the state.
According to the group, reliable sources indicate that Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Abuja, is allegedly set to deliver judgment today to stop the statutory allocations to LGAs in Rivers State.
(Independent Post)
