A militant group in the Esit Eket Local Government Area of Akwa
Ibom State has written a letter to two oil companies in operation in
their community for allegedly not paying royalties. Under the aegis of
the Niger Delta Subterranean Force, the group said it would
attack the Frontier and Septa Oil and Gas companies if its demands were
not met.
The letter was dated 5 March and signed by General Oyobio
Oyobio . It warned the managing directors of the two firms that unless
the companies provided ? 600 million in royalties and a 100 million
naira monthly package for 'settlement of the boys,' it would
strike.
'In the next week, we will be ready to attack the pipelines. We
are ready to visit the Central Processing Facilities (CPF). If the two
companies do not settle [with] us, they should forget about
the inauguration of the CPF … because we will attack it.' The
group is also pushing for its members to be given the contract to
protect the pipelines, stating that it will otherwise blow them up.
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