New Niger Delta Group Vows to launch Missiles Tuesday

A new group, the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force, on
Thursday vowed to launch six missiles, shut down
Nigeria’s satellite system and enforce a ‘no flight’ operation
within the country’s airspace from Tuesday next week.
The group, which said it was working closely with the
deadly Niger Delta Avengers, which has claimed
responsibility for the destruction of oil and gas facilities in
the region, also gave the Nigerian military 48 hours to quit
the region or face extermination.
The JNDLF made the threats in a statement sent to
journalists in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on Thursday, signed
by ‘General’ Akotebe Darikoro, Commander, General Duties;
‘General’ Torunnanaowei Latei, Creeks Network
Coordinator; ‘General’ Agbakakuro Owei-Tauro, Pipelines
Bleeding Expert; and ‘General’ Pulokiri Ebiladei of its
Intelligence Bureau.
THISDAY could neither independently verify the source of
the e-mail nor the authenticity of the new group, but
several other groups that later turned out deadly have
emerged in the same manner in the region in the last few
years.
 All the missiles it would deploy, the group said, were
capable of bringing down any aircraft no matter how big or
potent.
 While accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of deciding
to break up the country by his actions, the new group
noted that its Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC) which it
claimed is the highest organ of all the freedom fighting
bodies, has endorsed a 15-point agenda.