New Niger Delta group emerges and demands to break away from Nigeria
We the people of the Region of the
Niger Delta (Rondel), represented by members of Rondel Solidarity
Movement (RSM) - a newly born aggressive but non-violent umbrella body
for all intellectuals, groups and associations in the Niger Delta
Region, having lived together in the past as a loose federation under
the Benin Empire and the great Ijaw and other kingdoms, desirous of
searching for our own country since northerners in Nigeria have decided
to evacuate southerners from 'their Nigeria' - we today, 07.06.2017
wish to announce the fusion of our various groups into one strong and
united non self seeking group to champion our developmental causes and
help build our region into a nation of justice, freedom, peace and
prosperity.
We have, after over 6 hours of a
well attended meeting held at a secret location in Rivers State, met and
made Resolutions which will be remembered as The Rondel Covenant.
The Resolutions are in response to
the threat by lazy and ignorant Arewa Youths to divide and destroy
Nigeria (disguising as evicting the Igbos - an injury to any Southerner
is an injury to all Southerners - the days of divide and conquer has
ended) and noting the obvious foot dragging of the Nigerian government
over this issue with no one arrested, tried or jailed despite the fact
that the treasonable felons are well known and they are all not hiding
whereas a certain Nnamdi Kanu of Biafra was incarcerated for over two
years for daring to discuss Biafra and a certain Kola Edokpayi of Rondel
is currently incarcerated for daring to challenge the government in Edo
state.
Following the treasonable ultimatum
issued by the Arewa Youths with tacit backing of the Arewa Consultative
Forum and Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs led by Sultan of
Sokoto either of who has not openly condemned the felons and call for
their incarceration like they would do when the table turned, and being
fed up of being described by the President of Nigeria as 5% undeserving
of the benefits of Nigeria, thus desirous to found our own country where
we will be treated as citizens with full rights, not some species with
5% rights,
We hereby make the following declarations and resolve as follows:
1. That all the intellectuals,
groups and associations in the Niger Delta should fuse into Rondel
Solidarity Movement and our demands shift from Resource Control to
Independence Movement
2. That in our country, we shall
return power to the true owners of the lands, the monarchs, in
English-style power sharing between the Royals and the people in a
Parliamentary system.
3. That we demand Independence for Rondel from Nigeria from 2018.
4. That Rondel comprises all the six states in the present South-South of Nigeria.
5. That Rondel is an acronym derived
from the Region of Niger Delta, later Republic of Niger Delta, if the
Arewa groups make good their threats.
6. That Rondel is our name, Rondish
will be our Language and Rondland shall be our capital city. Details of
these, including the locations of Rondland, shall be in our October 1 book.
7. That no inch of Rondel in the six
states of Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Cross River, Edo, and Rivers
States shall ever be ceded to any other people or nation for any reason
whatsoever and all those people drawing maps up and down are hereby
warned to desist forthwith or risk our disproportionate vengeance
including present and future social and economic sanctions.
8. That our motivations for decision
to leave Nigeria are first President Buhari's treatment of our people
as 5%, Northerner's nearly exclusive illegal and immoral occupation of
our oil wells destroying our ecosystems and the eviction notice by Arewa
Youths with tacit support of government and the Arewa leaders.
9. That since that treasonable order
by Arewa youths, and because no one was arrested, tried and convicted
for the high treason, the same matter for which Nnamdi Kalu was
imprisoned for about two years, we no longer have faith in one
indissoluble Nigeria.
That we state emphatically and
without equivocation, that in the likely event of the disintegration of
Nigeria, we have resolved to live together in the “Region of Niger
Delta', which we henceforth now wish to call RONDEL.
That we wish henceforth, as a
people, to be known and addressed as Rondelites and our languages to be
known as dialects of Rondish, which shall be our Official Language, side
by side English.
That our capital city shall be a
portion carved out of an existing area in the Region of Niger Delta and
to be renamed Rondland. Details, including out national anthem, flag,
coat of arms and interim Constitution, will be published in our book,
"RONDEL MANIFESTO: The Making of a Nation" to be released on October 1, 2017.
That the Igbo people, and indeed all
Africans and foreigners, are heartily welcome to visit, stay, live in
or do legitimate business unencumbered anywhere in Rondel now and in the
future.
14. That in the event of a breakup
and the Biafrans, the Omoluabis, Middle Beltans, etc have their separate
countries, we will be willing to enter into economic partnerships to
help each other grow their economies and societies to achieve the
Millennium Developed Goals.
15. That this Resolution serves as a
warning and a Notice to the Nigerian government, the International
community, including all the northern states of Nigeria that henceforth,
if any Igbo or indeed any Southerner or Middle Beltan Nigerian is ever
attacked or killed again anywhere in the north in a hate or xenophobic
attack, we shall declare our Independence within three months.
This is not a threat but self preservation.
That since the Arewa youths have
given the Igbos (that implies all southerners, we are not fooled) three
months notice to vacate ‘their Nigeria’, we give all northern oil bloc
owners three months notice from October 1, 2017 for them to leave the Niger Delta Region or face unpredictable adverse consequences.
17. That we are now ready to take
our destiny in our own hands and end this parasitic forced marriage of
perpetual disaster since 1914.
18. That we in the Region of Niger Delta declare today 07.06.2017 as the commencement date for our Independence struggle.
19. That the minimum demand for
negotiation is arrest, prosecution and conviction of all those who were
involved in the provocative treasonable felony. Condemning their action
or threat to arrest them will not suffice this time.
20. That we wish to declare to the troublesome northerners that Enough is Enough.
Thank you.
Signed,
Efe Edet-Tamuno
(Spokesperson RSM)
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