MILITANT groups in the troubled Niger Delta region Monday
threatened to attack oil installations belonging to Exxon Mobil, just as they declared that they have begun to mobilize troops for fresh
onslaughts against other agents of imperialism. “We hereby declare
Operation One Rocket for One Platform”, noted a leader and spokesman of Martyrs Brigade, Ms Cynthia White, who also warned on the impending
attack on Mobil in a statement made available to Papparassi Media/security
The militants said the oil company will be punished for “its
crime against Niger Delta communities caused by a catastrophic crude
oil spillage of 1997”.
Continuing, the Martyrs Brigade, a leading militant group in the
region, said “most unforgivable is Exxon Mobil�s blatant
disregard of a letter in this regard that was sent to the company�s top
management and personally signed by our patriotic and esteemed leader, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari sometime in September/October 2005.”
The aggrieved militants also deplored the utterance of Mobil
management, then, that the oil spill had “no discernable adverse
effect on the people and the environment”.
For such utterance, the Martyrs Brigade promised to mete out
“jungle justice to any of these dubious corporations and multinationals
that have been party to the dubious exploitation of our land, people
and resources over the years.”
The militants urged people of Niger Delta to stay off all Mobil
oil locations till further notice as “we will have neither the time
nor the patience to pursue identification and separation processes.”
“We will be quick, decisive and hard hitting”.
Threatening Mobil further, the militants said if the company
“will not heed to wise counsel, then, we will visit them explosive
morsels. We will no longer tolerate imperialist indolence from these
infidels whose only objective is to quickly drain our crude and leave us
barren.
“We call on all Niger Delta groups to begin to identify heavy
value Exxon Mobil assets for placement as priority potential targets.
We must not relent in ensuring that they get a full dose of our venom.
The wages of sin has always been death.
“Let us remind all those who seek to continue to test our might
that “to err is human, but to forgive is not a policy we find
heartwarming.”
The Niger Delta has been on the boil since January 2006 as
militants had held foreign oil workers hostage to the shock of the nation
and the international community.
Last week, President Olusegun Obasanjo held a meeting with
stakeholders in the oil-rich region to chart a way forward for the embattled
area, but the militants shunned the parley.
However, a senior official of Mobil Producing Unlimited, who
pleaded not to be mentioned, told Daily Champion in a telephone
interview that they were not owing anybody or group arising from the 1998 oil
spill.
According to the official, those who could not have their claims
settled had the option of going to court and that all the court
cases had been thrown out for lack of merit.
The company insisted that it had been carrying out its social
responsibility to the people and expressed surprise that it was
being held responsible fore things that are political.