Niger Delta Attacks: APC wants Nigerians to blame PDP

The South-South Zone of the All Progressives Con­gress (APC) has urged Nigerians to blame attacks on oil installations in the Niger Delta region on the opposi­tion Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

In a communiqué, party lead­ers from the five states in the zone at a stakeholders meeting in Benin City at the weekend, described the attacks as part of plans to derail President Mu­hammadu Buhari’s govern­ment.

They noted that it is errone­ous for agitators for the state of Biafra to categorise any part of the South-South as part of its constituency, saying the “Niger Delta is not, cannot, and will never be part of Biafra”.

The APC stakeholders, who also praised Governor Adams Oshiomhole for his commend­able performance in the deliv­ery of infrastructure, noted that the June 18 primary of the party in the state will be free and fair.

The communiqué reads: “The Zone commends the President of the Federal Republic of Ni­geria on his performance in his first year in office, support his fight against corruption and his effort to restructure the coun­try’s dwindling economy and building a viable Nigeria.

“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.