Avengers are working for PDP, says APC

The south-south zone of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that the Niger Delta Avengers are working for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Rising from a meeting in Benin city, Edo state capital, the APC stakeholders described the resurgence of militancy in the Niger Delta as an attempt to distract the government of President Muhammadu Buhari.

They also distanced the Niger Delta region from the agitations in the south-east, saying the south-south will never be part of Biafra.

“The zone notes the upsurge of the renewed militancy in the area, in the name of ‘The Avengers’ and condemns its activities in its entirety. The zone does not believe that their nefarious activities are driven by any patriotic fervor, rather we have cause to believe that they are instigated by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party to derail President Buhari’s government in order to avoid the long arm of the law on their criminal activities while in government,” read a communiqué at the end of the meeting.

“The zone notes the present agitation for the state of Biafra and the inclusion of the Niger Delta in the map of the constituency representing the Biafra state and states unequivocally that Niger Delta is not, cannot, will never be and can never be part of Biafra.”

Attempt to get the reaction of the PDP did not yield any result, as some principal officers contacted refused to comment, and also asked not to be quoted.