Disclosing this in a communique signed on Monday by its President, Mr. Udengs Eradiri and spokesman, Mr. Eric Omare, the IYC advised the Federal Government to drop the idea of deploying troops, fighter jets and other military hardware to the region in its bid to flush out militants.
The communique reads, “We strongly advise against this option. It is not and can never be a solution to Niger Delta quest for better deal. Those advising military option are enemies of your government, Niger Deltans and the people of Nigeria.
“In the first place, the Niger Delta militants that have claimed responsibility for attacks on oil facilities are not stationed in any particular place like Boko-Haram in Sambisa forest. There is no Sambisa forest in the Niger Delta region where the military can go and confront insurgents.
“Those carrying out these attacks have adopted a guerrilla strategy; hence the solution is for the relevant security to deepen intelligence gathering by working with local communities and not full scale military onslaught on the communities and people.
“Any full scale military action in the Niger Delta would only succeed in killing innocent people and destruction of communities that are also victims of the militancy. It is worthy to note that Gbaramatu Kingdom that the military has been consistently harassing is not the headquarters of any of the militant groups.“The Gbaramatu people are peaceful loving Ijaw people and the military must stop the consistent invasion of Gbaramatu or any other Ijaw community.”
Culled from http://dailypost.ng/
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