President of Niger Delta Communities
Intercessors Forum, Rev. Pere-Egbe Odogbo has
appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to
continue with his decision to use dialogue as
means of resolving the renewed attacks on oil
installations in the region.
Intercessors Forum, Rev. Pere-Egbe Odogbo has
appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to
continue with his decision to use dialogue as
means of resolving the renewed attacks on oil
installations in the region.
Odogbo who made the call in Warri, Delta State,
also appealed to Niger Delta Avengers to stop the
bombings to allow time for dialogue to achieve
peace in the region.
Odogbo who is also the chairman of Pentecostal
Fellowship of Nigeria, Airport Road Unit, Warri,
said that dialogue remains the answer and
negotiation was the key but not violence, gun or
death, stressing that the Federal Government
should look at the suffering of the masses and
negotiate with the people over the oil that is
being milked from Niger Delta soil rather than the
use of guns.
“We are not part of Niger Delta Avengers. We are
known as Niger Deltans. We have suffered
oppression, marginalization, intimidation but
dialogue is better than violence.”
He noted that the Niger Delta situation and
suffering have become unbearable for them as
the river water they defecate on is the same
water they drink.
“We are worse than slaves in our nation yet the
region is the economic nerve centre of the
country. We are deprived of eating the good of
our land.
“Anyone who echoes his voice against the
oppressors is either jail, silenced or killed such
as Isaac Adaka Boro and Ken Saro Wiwa among
others. We as Christian leaders appeal to the
Niger Delta Avengers to stop the vandalization
now, because it affects us and it scares away
international investors and ruins our economy.”
