The ceasefire agreement between the Federal
Government and militants came under threat as Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, blew
up a Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, pipeline in Oruk Anan Local Government
Area, Akwa Ibom State.
This was probably in relation to the breach
of ceasefire by soldiers who on Wednesday swooped on Tebijor, also known as
Okpelama, an Ijaw community in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Delta state, the soldiers
came in five gunboats hunting for militants.
The attack came after Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, the
Minister of State, Petroleum and Group Managing Director of NNPC, had managed
to secure an understanding for total peace in a closed-door with strategic
stakeholders, on Wednesday, at Asaba, Delta State.
Investigations revealed that those at the
meeting were Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, spokesperson of Gbaramatu Council of
Chiefs, GTC, and Chief Mobilizer of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Chief Godspower
Gbenekama and another Gbaramatu leader, Chief Daniel Ekpebide. Others are
Itsekiri leader and All Progressives Congress, APC chieftain, Chief Ayiri Emami
and Okerenkoko leader, Chief Michael Johnny, also an APC stalwart.
Dr. Ibe Kachikwu at the meeting emphasized
the need for all sides to reach out to the perpetrators to halt the current
bombings and allow the oil companies to repair damaged pipelines for oil to
flow again.
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