While breaking of fast with APC leadership at the
Presidential Villa, in Abuja yesterday,
President Muhammed Buhari pleaded with Niger Delta militants to stop pipeline
bombing and destruction of
oil and gas installations. He also pleaded with those
close to the militants asking them to prevail on them to take it easy in the
interest of the nation.
His words:
“I honestly don’t
know how many factions the militants are in the Niger Delta compared to the
Northeast where you have Boko Haram. The technology being deployed by the
militants to destroy oil installations is high tech. The way they can go on
high sea and international waters and target oil installations is a national
problem.
It is affecting development. No insurance company will want
to insure installations that will end up being blown up and no banks will want
to finance such installations. Those of you who have friends among the
leadership or even the militants themselves should plead with them in the name
of God Almighty to take it easy.
We need to stabilize to create employment. We need to
stabilize the economy etc. I agonize over these things. We are in a very
difficult time, so we have to organize ourselves. Anybody that says he has any
other country than Nigeria should go out and see.
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