The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) group has rejected calls
to end attacks on oil facilities and to enter into talks with the
government to address their grievances, Reuters news agency reports.
On Sunday, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger
Delta (Mend), a powerful militant group in the oil-rich
south until it reached a peace deal with the government in
2009, urged the NDA to negotiate and stop attacks that have cut
Nigeria's oil output to a 20-year low.
"Mend is a phased out body," an
NDA representative told Reuters in a text message, as he dismissed its
appeal for talks.
"It's just some political jargon to confuse the general
public," he added.
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