Nigeria is a country that is blessed with a lot of human and natural resources but the government is too lazy to harness the numerous resources. The major source of income for Nigeria as a nation is oil. Over the years, the region that produces most of the oil is neglected either because they are a minority or any other reason(s) that we do not know of
The oil gotten from their land is what Nigeria prides on yet they refuse to develop or at least take care of the area, the people are predominantly farmers and fishermen but their lands and rivers are polluted with oil that they can no longer farm or fish in their rivers. The people have continuously begged the federal government to clean up their land and provide them with jobs and basic amenities but the government rather use the money gotten from the niger delta to develop some region that contributes little or nothing to the development of the nation ignoring the goose that lay the golden eggs
The group has struggled over the years for their right and their youths formed a group, niger delta militants. This group is so formidable and have cried and showcased their power in the past and threatened violence if their demands are not met, and their demands are so simple
They want to be treated fairly, their land and water are polluted with oil spillage, they can not farm, they can't fish or drink water from their streams. The people are wallowing in abject poverty yet their land produces most of the oil that Nigeria exports.
The government never cares about the region, the only time they get attention is if they carry arms and whenever they carry arms the government will send the military against them, for how long shall we continue to live this way?
The niger delta militants have been calm all this while even in the face of all the bloodshed and injustice in the country against different regions including the niger delta. They have now released a threat recently that they're going to start destroying infrastructures in Lagos and Abuja
I don't see this as a mere threat because they always deliver whenever they make such statements. The region has been marginalized for long alongside other regions. The government seems to be government of the fulanis, for the fulanis and by the fulanis because the Fulanis are the only people that are assured of protection in Nigeria of today, they even have federal government immunity so they can kill anybody they like and nothing will happen, no single arrest has been made since inception of this regime
It's obvious now that the country is divided in many parts and every region is aggrieved waiting for the first region to blow the whistle before everybody swings into action. If the niger delta militants are allowed to carry out their threats, it's going to be doom for Nigeria because it will ignite violence across the country and a fire that the government cannot quench in a hurry
The government has always used the military and other armed forces in cases like this, but if they're wise they should apply diplomacy and engage dialogue, unless they want they country to be in disarray
It's been a long time since we heard anything about the niger delta militants or their actions, a lot might have been going on secretly in the creeks all these while. Let the government do the needful and treat every Nigerian equally. They should stop this Fulani madness in Nigeria, no life is more ore ious than the other, we all should have equal right and justice