To clear its name of criminal actions in the name of �the Niger Delta struggle�, the Joint Revolution Council (JRC), which is the umbrella body of the militant groups in the region, has vowed to find and effect the release of the Human Resource Manager of Nigeria Agip Oil Company Mr. Ifeanyi Obike, who was abducted in Port Harcourt last week.
In a statement sent online to journalists in Port Harcourt by the JRC leader and spokesperson, Cynthia Whyte, yesterday, the group denied involvement in the abduction, just as it advised corporate companies in the region to be true to their social responsibilities in the region.
The group also promised to reward companies which continued to show genuine commitment to the well being and development of the people of the region.
�On behalf of the Joint Revolutionary Council comprising the Reformed Niger Delta People�s Volunteer Force, The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta & The Martyrs Brigade, I wish to inform the good people of the Nigerian state and the international community that Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC) and its alliance members were not responsible for the hostage taking and keeping of the human resource manager of AGIP who was taken in the early hours of Monday.
�It is imperative that oil corporates operating in the Niger Delta adhere to the dictates of corporate social responsibility that they so loudly proclaim,� the release said.