Buhari should step aside if he does not have the political will to deal with Niger Delta militants- Junaid

Nigeria: Foremost Nigerian politician, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to treat the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, as terrorists and dish out necessary military action against it as it is currently doing to Boko Haram terrorists in the North.

Mohammed said it was wrong for the Buhari administration to try to pacify the Niger Delta militants while fighting a similar terrorist group in another part of the country.

Mohammed warned that any attempt by Buhari to negotiate with the militants instead of crushing them to serve as a deterrent to would-be terrorists, could lead to another civil war.

He said: 

"Why is Buhari tackling Boko Haram with the military might and going behind to negotiate with Niger Delta militants?

"If Buhari is not careful with NDA he will plunge the country into another civil war because he does not have the mandate of the law to negotiate with terrorists.

"No forward-looking nation negotiates with terrorists. And I should say that if he does not have the political will to deal with the militants, he should step aside. Governance does not have room for destroyers."

Mohammed also insisted president Buhari should fish out and adequately penalize the sponsors of the groups.

He described the emergence of the avengers as a continuation of the device usually used by South-South politicians to intimidate leaders from the north and their political opponents.