MOVEMENT for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) yesterday, said it had uncovered plan by Nigerian security agencies in connivance with the Presidency to decimate some Ijaw communities in the Niger-Delta, warning that militants would resume fresh hostilities if the plot was not aborted.
In a statement, signed by Tamuno Godswill and Onyiye Alaebi, the group said, �Our attention has been drawn to the clandestine meetings by the Nigerian security agencies in connivance with the presidency, to decimate some Ijaw communities in the Niger Delta�
�We shall resume serious attacks on the Nigeria economy, if these security threats are not immediately put aside in respect of the present cease-fire declaration by the Movement being maintained in the region to date .Our commitment to this declaration is due to respect to the on-going dialogue between Ijaw leaders and the Nigerian state. The Movement is always on the red-alert to defend local communities against any aggression from the Nigerian government�, they said.
The MEND, therefore, urged President Musa Yar�Adua to �immediately call all the security agencies to order in respect to the on-going dialogue and cease further aggressions and hostilities against the Ijaw interest for the common good of the nation, because we shall match any aggression with more blood and havoc on the nation�s economy anywhere�.
Aug282007