Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, yesterday, said it will from Friday, resume hostilities in the Niger Delta region, in protest against the conviction of Henry Okah in South Africa.
MEND, in a statement by its spokesman, Jomo Gbomo, said the attacks would be sustained until an
unreserved apology was offered to it, and the Nigerian government shows willingness to dialogue, same way the government is willing to dialogue with the Boko Haram sect.
It said: “After a careful deliberation and other considerations, with effect from 00:00 Hrs, Friday, April 5, 2013, MEND will commence with a plague of sustained attacks codenamed Hurricane Exodus.
“Hurricane Exodus is a direct repercussion of a forged threat letter contrived by the Nigerian and South African governments purporting to have originated from MEND.”
It said that the alleged fake latter by MEND, was used as evidence against Henry Okah, for which a 13-year sentence was slammed on him.
“We are now determined to conjure this imaginary trumped up threat into a painful reality. The attacks will be sustained until an unreserved apology is offered to MEND and the Nigerian government shows willingness to dialogue, the same way they are willing to dialogue with Boko Haram,” MEND said.
But, Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, code named Operation Pulo Shield, has said that it was prepared for the challenges ahead, citing its recent redeployment to tackle any upheaval in the region.
Warning the group to tow the path of dialogue, Media Coordinator of JTF, Lt. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, said: “JTF, Operation Pulo Shield, has got wind of the threat prior to the issuance of the statement, Wednesday, by some persons, parading themselves as MEND.
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