“The people of the Niger Delta can hold this government or any government to ransom because we are the people feeding the nation,” said Godspower Gbenekama, a chief in the Kingdom of Gbaramatu. In a sign of their mounting frustration, groups such as the New Delta Avengers and the Niger Delta Marine Force have formed in recent months. But the communities of the Niger Delta also have more earthly demands. The peace talks are “lies and deceit,” said Annkio Briggs, a leading activist in the southeastern oil city of Port Harcourt. “The general agenda of the Niger Delta people is the political and fiscal restructuring of this nation.”

Source: Egypt Independent July 09, 2017 13:41 UTC