Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force threatens to launch missiles at planes over Nigeria

NEW militant group the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF) has threatened to launch six missiles and shut down Nigeria's satellite system effectively making the country a no fly zone as from Tuesday next week.

 

Over recent weeks, militancy has returned to the Niger Delta with the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) blowing up pipelines and oil installations. Now the JNDLF has entered the fray, promising to take things further by sealing Nigeria off from the rest of the outside world by preventing flights into and out of the country.

 

Yesterday, the JNDLF, which said it was working closely with the NDA which has claimed responsibility for the destruction of oil and gas facilities in the region, also gave the Nigerian military 48 hours to quit the region or face extermination. According to the JNDLF, all the missiles it would deploy were capable of bringing down any aircraft no matter how big or potent.

 

It issued a statement to this effect yesterday signed by General Akotebe Darikoro, Commander, General Duties, General Torunnanaowei Latei, Creeks Network Coordinator General Agbakakuro Owei-Tauro, Pipelines Bleeding Expert and General Pulokiri Ebiladei of its intelligence bureau. While accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of deciding to break up the country by his actions, the new group noted that its Joint Revolutionary Council which it claimed is the highest organ of all the freedom fighting bodies, has endorsed a 15-point agenda.