By Dapo Akinrefon

A coalition of ethnic nationalities in the Niger Delta, UNDEDSS, has accused the Federal Government of being insincere in its approach to the Niger Delta crisis.

The group said this in a statement by its General Secretary, Mr. Tony Uranta.

The statement reads: “The increasingly excessive attempts by the Federal Government of Nigeria to seemingly intimidate and coerce the people of the Niger Delta through military harassment into submitting to what is perceived as an attempt to openly steal its resources and rights, worries all right-thinking people of the world especially since all these are happening at a time that the Chief Edwin Clark-led pan-Niger Delta Group has succeeded in getting the armed agitators to ceasefire unilaterally and expressed their collective readiness to embrace dialogue.

“The world should note that the armed agitators have kept faith with the ceasefire, and the creeks of the Niger Delta are relatively at peace, save for the Nigerian military maneuverings.”