THE Niger Delta Avengers
has gladly welcomed the Saudi Arabia Blackwater machineries. A spokesperson for
the militants said “Blackwaters you are welcome
to your grave, only death awaits you".
It would be recall that
President Buhari may have struck a $258 million deal with the Saudi Arabia
‘Blackwater’ military contractor to help the Nigerian Armed Forces in fighting
militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta region in the southern part of Nigeria.
According to a website,
Vaxity, a staff of the Royal Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Nigeria
confirmed the deal which is “part of the agreement in the Saudi-led Sunni
Islamic coalition against terrorism” which President Buhari signed up for on
behalf of Nigeria.
The deal, is
specifically targeted at fighting the militants in the Niger Delta and nothing
to do with combating the two globally recognised terrorist groups in Nigeria –
Boko Haram, the world’s deadliest and the Fulani herdsmen militia, now the
deadliest terrorist group in Nigeria, the report disclosed.
A Yemeni army
spokesperson revealed in February 2016 that mercenaries from US private
security firm, Black-water are among the 400 Saudi military contractors
fighting in the country.
The Niger Delta
Avengers, said it does not care if the Buhari-led government hires mercenaries
from Saudi Arabia or anywhere to fight them.
Reacting to online
reports of the president’s deal with Saudi mercenaries to combat the group,
spokesperson of the Avengers, Brigadier General Mudoch Agbinibo said that the
militants are not disturbed by the report.
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