President Muhammadu Buhari has made a strong plea to members of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) to stop wreaking havoc on oil and gas pipelines in the country.
Speaking during the breaking of Ramadan fast dinner organised for leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, he revealed that the militants were using sophisticated technology to blow up the installations.
Buhari said: “I honestly don’t know how many factions the militants are in the Niger Delta, compared to the North East, where you have the Boko Haram
“The technology being deployed by the militants to destroy oil installations is hi-tech, the way they can go on the high seas and international waters and target oil installations is a national problem. It is affecting development.
“No insurance company will want to insure installations that will end up being blown up and no banks will want to finance such installations.
“Those of you who have friends among the leadership or even the militants themselves should plead with them in the name of God Almighty to take it easy.
“We need to stabilise to create employment, we need to stabilise the economy, etc. I agonise over these things.
“We are in a very difficult time, so we have to organise ourselves. Anybody that says he has any other country other than Nigeria should go out and see.”
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