The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Bayelsa State chapter says the destruction of Oil pipelines would begin as it warned Daewoo and other companies operating in the state to stop work immediately.
The chapter also accused the federal government of only enriching some people in the name of making an elusive peace in the oil rich region.
It also explained why the militants must continue to be in the creeks, while decrying the Joint Task Force (JTF) as �a lucrative posting business�.
In a statement titled� Blowing of gas pipelines begins in Bayelsa State�, and signed by Commander Joshua Macaiva, MEND leader in the state which was sent to The Nation by E-mail at the weekend, the group noted that there would be peace in the region if only the Nigerian nation gives what rightly belongs to the downtrodden people of the Niger Delta especially Bayelsa.
“We want rapid development of our communities and not human development”, the statement added.
The group warned Daewoo not to continue with its pipeline laying project in the Southern Ijaw area of the state, saying “if they do, we shall start hostility in Bayelsa state as the relative peace enjoyed in the state will be broken immediately as we have alerted our boys to be on the watch next week”