{"id":9140,"date":"2016-05-18T14:19:37","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T14:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=9140"},"modified":"2016-05-18T14:19:37","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T14:19:37","slug":"clark-appeals-to-niger-delta-avengers-to-stop-bombing-oil-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=9140","title":{"rendered":"Clark appeals to Niger Delta Avengers to stop bombing oil facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ijaw <a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/clark.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9141\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9141\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/clark.jpg\" alt=\"clark\" width=\"288\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a>National Leader, Chief Edwin Clark,<br \/>\nhas appealed to militants in the Niger Delta to<br \/>\nsheathe their swords and stop the bombing of<br \/>\noil installations in the region.<br \/>\nClark, who is a former Minister of Information,<br \/>\nsaid the bombing of critical gas installations<br \/>\nand its attendant impact on the national<br \/>\neconomy was a great shock to him.<\/p>\n<p><code><!-- BEGIN JUMIA --><a href=\"http:\/\/marketing.net.jumia.com.ng\/ts\/i3556158\/tsc?amc=aff.jumia.44339.52450.25555&amp;tst=!!TIMESTAMP!!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/marketing.net.jumia.com.ng\/ts\/i3556158\/tsv?amc=aff.jumia.44339.52450.25555&amp;tst=!!TIMESTAMP!!\" alt=\"NG-[C:G.Home,B:Allbrand,Wk:1716,Dim:336X280]:Home_Deals\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/code><\/p>\n<p><!-- END JUMIA --><\/p>\n<p>He said that it would be better for the militants<br \/>\nto present their grievances to the Federal<br \/>\nGovernment instead of embarking on the<br \/>\ndestruction of oil installations.<br \/>\nThe former minister spoke at a press<br \/>\nconference in Abuja on Tuesday.<br \/>\nHe told the aggrieved militants that Niger<br \/>\nDelta had yet to recover from the season of<br \/>\nviolence which the region experienced<br \/>\nbetween 2005 and 2009.<br \/>\nHe said, \u201cThe new wave of attacks and<br \/>\ndestruction of critical oil and gas installations<br \/>\nin the Niger Delta and the attendant impact on<br \/>\nthe national economy are of great shock to me.<br \/>\n\u201cI had believed that pipeline destruction and oil<br \/>\ninstallation vandalism were eliminated under<br \/>\nthe proclamation of the amnesty on October 4,<br \/>\n2009.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaymu.com.ng\/health-beauty\/?utm_source=pap&amp;utm_medium=aff&amp;utm_campaign=5380e993&amp;a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=5380e993\" target=\"_top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/accounts\/default1\/a72f75b38\/5380e993.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/scripts\/a72f75i38?a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=5380e993\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurthermore, the reports are a surprise to me<br \/>\nbecause not so long ago, I had cause to make a<br \/>\npassionate appeal for a total end to the<br \/>\ndestruction of the oil and gas facilities<br \/>\nthroughout the country because they are the<br \/>\nmajor economic artery of the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><code><a href=\"http:\/\/www.konga.com\/backtoschool?utm_source=affiliates&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_term=backtoschool&amp;utm_content=04_04_2016&amp;utm_campaign=backtoschool&amp;k_id=Omafume&amp;k_bid=8c6fe3b5\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"\/\/konga.postaffiliatepro.com\/accounts\/default1\/bo3dhla\/8c6fe3b5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/konga.postaffiliatepro.com\/scripts\/io3dhla?k_id=Omafume&amp;k_bid=8c6fe3b5\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ijaw National Leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has appealed to militants in the Niger Delta to sheathe their swords and stop the bombing of oil installations in the region. 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