Niger Delta Avengers Goes Hiding in Underground

           Niger Delta Avengers,the recent and disturbing militant group in Nigeria and a
largely an Ijaw militant group, which
admitted bombing oil and gas installations
in Delta State, recently, have gone
underground following a massive manhunt
for them by the Army, Navy and other
security agencies.
President Muhammadu Buhari had recently
given a marching order to the military to
crush the group.
The group, which had boasted, May 5, in a
statement by its spokesperson, Madoch
Agbinibo, that it was on ground and neither
the Federal
Government nor ex-militant
leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias
Tompolo, could stop it from crippling the
nation’s economy, was reported to have
tactically retreated to fight another day.
A source told Vanguard : “People say the
headquarters of Niger Delta Avengers is in
Delta State. I do not think so, but I know
that they have their network of information
gathering and are conscious of the directive
by President Buhari to security agencies to
crush the militant group.”
Incommunicado
The unrepentant group, whose strike teams
blew up Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation, NNPC and Chevron Nigeria
Limited, CNL, facilities, last week, has also
not responded to mail inquiries by our
reporters since Sunday.
The group's other channels of
communication have also been shut down,
an indication that it has temporarily gone
out of circulation.
Security agencies, groups deepen efforts
Vanguard, however, learned that security
operatives, who are collaborating with some
Niger Delta groups, had obtained information
on the identities of some members of the
group and would likely pick some of their
family members to force them out of hiding.
The Niger Delta Riverine Security (Coast
Guard of the Federation) headed by
Commander Bibi Oduku, is one of such
groups working closely with relevant security
agencies to bring members of Niger Delta
Avengers to face the full wrath of the law.
Commander Oduku told Vanguard: “Niger
Delta Avengers is a criminal and devilish
group, which is interested, in crippling
economic activities in the Niger Delta and
Nigeria. I advise Niger Delta youths not to
fraternize with these criminals.”