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“PANDEF is confident that the vice president’s visit has afforded him the opportunity to interact for peace and fruitful engagement with the long-neglected and marginalised people of the Niger Delta,” it added.
According to him: “It is unacceptable for the vice president to visit other ethnic strongholds without stopping over at Ughelli, the political headquarters of the Urhobo nation. Osinbajo’s claim that oil will soon finish or dry up is a political statement without foundation. The gas deposits in Otolobo will last for another 100 years.”
He said, “In another 20 to 30 years, our oil won’t be as precious as it is today and that is reality? America has stopped buying oil from us. All the countries of Asia that buy oil from us are building alternative means of power, China and Japan are developing electric cars. In fact, Japan has more charging stations than petrol stations. Solar power is getting cheaper.”
Chief Edwin Clark had expressed the frustration of the region, urging President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately set up a committee to dialogue with PANDEF. He noted that since the group met the president in November 2016, nothing had happened.
02 February 2016, Lagos – Some Niger Delta youths, under the aegis of Youth Coalition Force for Niger Delta, said they…
