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| We are freedom fighters! Stop tagging us criminals - Niger Delta People Volunteer Front cautions Nigerian media |
A militant group in the Niger Delta Region, the "Niger Delta People Volunteer Front” (NDPVF), has cautioned the Nigerian Military and media over tagging the militant groups in the Niger Delta Region as criminals. The NDPVF declared that youths are fighting for emancipation and freedom and should rather be referred to as freedom fighters fighting against the injustice of the Nigerian government.
NDPVF, through is Coordinator, Mr Asu Simeon Mbi, popularly known as General Simba, cautioned the Nigerian military to stop tagging them as criminals and economic saboteurs, using derogatory words to describe them was provocative.
Speaking yesterday on the heels of the Defense Headquarters’ vow to sustain the military onslaught in the Niger Delta and purge the region of “criminals and economic saboteurs”, the militant leader also vowed that they would sustain their agitations.
The militant leader, who claimed to be speaking for other militant groups in his region, said Niger Delta militants were not criminals, describing themselves as freedom fighters, fighting the Federal Government’s unjust leadership.
He said:”We are freedom fighters and not criminals and nobody, no authority should call us criminals or economic saboteurs. We are fighting a just cause and no amount of threat from any quarters would dampen our spirit.
“The Niger Delta struggle is a collective one, and there is no way we can be subdued. There is no going back and everybody should sustain the struggle.
“We are still very strong in this fight. We are up and doing and will not bow to any threat by the military. We have long been totally neglected and enough is enough”.
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