A new militant group, the Niger Delta
Warriors , has issued a 14 - day
ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Secretary to the Government of the Federation ,Babachir Lawal .
The militant group also called for the
removal of the Chairman of the
Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission , Ibrahim Magu .
It warned that if the Federal
Government failed to sack the duo
within the 14 days , youths in the
Niger Delta would embark on mass
protests in major cities of the country , including Abuja.
In a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Saturday , the spokesperson for the group, General Hart Bradford, said its position was in the light of the fight against corruption by the Federal Government.
Bradford said , “ We are giving the
President 14 days ultimatum to sack the SGF and the EFCC chairman , otherwise we shall have no option than to carry out mass protest in Abuja and other cities across the country until the SGF and EFCC chairman leave office. ”
Bradford also warned the FG to stop
denigrating the family of former
President Goodluck Jonathan ,noting that the probe of Mrs . Jonathan was a direct attack on the entire family .
He cautioned the FG not to be
selective in the ongoing fight against corruption , adding that several corrupt personalities were in the President’ s cabinet .
He also called for the reinstatement of the sacked six policemen , who were aides to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State .
“ We are in support of the President’s
anti - corruption campaign, but the
campaign should be carried out
without sentiment or witch - hunt
against a particular set of people or
party , ’’ he added.
Meanwhile , family members of a
suspected militant leader , Mr. Felix
Miyenminiye , arrested by operatives
of the Nigerian Navy have appealed to the Federal Government to release him , adding that he was unlawfully detained.
Felix hails from Ogbudugbudu
community , Egbema Kingdom of the Warri - South Local Government Area of Delta State .
He was arrested by men of the
Nigerian Navy on August 6 , 2016
along Shell Road , Sapele area of the
state , for attacks on oil facilities in
the region .
The Nigerian Navy also accused him
of being a leader of one dreaded
militant groups in the region : the
Niger Delta Avengers .
In a statement on Saturday by the
head of the family , Mr. Morrison
Miyenminiye , it explained that the
suspect was an ex- Niger Delta agitator who accepted the Presidential Amnesty Programme in 2009 and had since been living a peaceful , private life .
The statement read in part, “ The
naval officers who arrested him
conducted a search immediately in
and around his house and found
nothing relating to the said frivolous
allegation .
“ Upon arrest, Miyenminiye was
initially taken to Naval Base , Warri,
and later transferred to Abuja where
he has since been in the custody of
the Nigerian Navy. All efforts by the
family to reach out to the authorities
of the Nigerian Navy to release him
has not , in any way , yielded positive result . We therefore appeal to the Delta State Government and the Nigerian Navy authorities to effect the release of Miyenminiye . ’’
