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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
The Nigerian government is in talks with a former militant group that used to rampage in the Niger Delta just a few years ago. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND as they were more commonly known as, has been holding talks with the government to try and bring about an end to the host of attacks on oil and gas facilities in the Niger Delta.
“The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) wishes to confirm that indeed it has been in preliminary talks with the Federal Government through oil companies and law-enforcement agencies,” the group said in a statement.
In 2009 MEND signed an amnesty agreement brokered by former president Goodluck Jonathan’s regime in exchange for cash and job training.
The Niger Delta Avengers, the current bane of Nigeria’s oil industry, is not part of the talks. “The Federal Government made it clear during our meetings that a negotiation with criminals is out of the question,” MEND said. “The Niger Delta Avengers…fall under this category.”
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