We know why Niger Delta Avengers are attacking – northern senator
– Senator Adamu says Niger Delta Avengers are fulfilling a promise to make Nigeria ungovernable
– He urged Nigerians to support Buhari to fight people who want to divide the country
– He said the militants are attacking because their brother, Jonathan lost the election
Senator Abdullahi Adamu has said that the reason members of the Niger Delta Avengers are attacking and destroying oil and gas pipelines in the Niger Delta is because Goodluck Jonathan did not win the presidential election.
Muhammadu Buhari defeated the former president in the 2015 election to become the first person to defeat an incumbent president.
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The Niger Delta Avengers has claimed responsibility for the destruction of oil and gas pipelines in the region and their activities seems to have increased even with the withdrawal of military troops from the region.
Daily Trust reports that Adamu who represents Nasarawa West Senatorial district spoke at the 7th Ramadan Symposium organized by Nasarawa State University in Keffi.
The Senator urged Nigerians to stand with President Buhari and support him in fighting those wanting to break the country.
“The whole thing is hate mind fixation, the people who are doing this has said it before now that if Jonathan did not win election because is their own, they will destabilize the government, they said it and it was published in papers and a lot of media carried it.
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“What they are doing now, yes, Jonathan has lost, Nigerians who voted for Buhari have no regret for Jonathan lost and I want to tell in my little way as Nigerian, as Senator of the Federal Republic that the federal government is only being restrained by the interest of the innocence.”
Meanwhile, Ankio Briggs who is an activist from the Niger Delta region claimed that members of the Niger Delta Avengers are not from Nigeria but from Somalia.
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