Nigerian Navy Threatens Crackdown On Niger Delta Avengers

The Nigerian Navy has vowed to resist any threat against the nation’s assets by militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta region.

This comes less than a week after the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) called of its ceasefire with the Nigerian Government.

The NDA had threatened Oil Companies that its next line of attacks will be “brutish, brutal and bloody,” saying it will “crush everything we meet on our path to completely put off the fires that burn to flair gas in our communities and cut every pipe that moves crude away from our region. We can assure you that every oil installation in our region will feel warmth of the wrath of the Niger Delta Avengers.”

But the Navy in reaction said it wouldn’t hesitate to crack down on any group or organization that stands as threat to the Nation’s assets.

“We do not wait until a threat comes from a particular group before the navy acts so what we do is to protect lives and property,” the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, said in Sapele, Delta State.

“Any threat is taken seriously especially against the nation’s assets and individuals and the Nigerian Navy will continue to do that to secure the maritime territory of Nigeria as well as bad waters.

“With the checkpoint management, our presence is all tailored toward reducing those challenges you have out there at the sea.

“I think the overall assessment is that the Navy’s presence has reduced the incidences of pirates at sea,” Ibas said.