Niger Delta Avengers have released a statement on their website, slamming members of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND. Read the statement they titled "Mend your criminal days are over" below
"We appeal to the general public and all sane minds on the activities of Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) to disregards all purported statements and misplaced threat emanating from disbanded criminal elements like the so-called MEND
(Movement For the Emancipation of The Niger Delta) that are political sidekicks and desperation from Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state, Mr. Timipre Silva and their political paymasters to hold their political party to the jugular of the affairs of the Niger Delta Region. That our struggle is focused on the liberation of the People of Niger Delta from decades of divisive rule and exclusion.