Niger Delta Avengers goes underground

WARRI—MEMBERS of Niger Delta Avengers, largely an Ijaw militant group, which admitted  bombing oil and gas installations in Delta State, recently, have gone underground following a massive manhunt for them by the Army, Navy and other security agencies. President Muhammadu Buhari  had recently given a marching order to the military to crush the group. The group, which had boasted, May 5,  in a statement by its spokesperson, Madoch Agbinibo, that it was on ground and neither the Federal Government nor ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, could stop it from crippling the nation’s economy, was reported to have tactically retreated to fight another day. A source told Vanguard: “People say the headquarters of Niger Delta Avengers is in Delta State. I do not think so, but I know that they have their network of information gathering and are conscious of the directive by President Buhari to security agencies to crush the militant group.”
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