Niger-Delta activist, Annkio Briggs, has denied a report that she condemned the activities of the Niger Delta Avengers, saying she “will never oppose anyone agitating for the development” of the region.Ms Briggs was reacting to media reports on Monday which suggested she had criticised the group while speaking at a forum in Enugu, the Enugu State capital, on Sunday evening.But in a telephone interview with an online news platform Premium Times on Monday night, Ms Briggs denied making the statements attributed to her, saying the comments had earned her widespread condemnation.“I can tell you categorically that I never condemned the Niger-Delta Avengers because doing so would mean I am condemning those agitating for the development of my region,” Ms Briggs said. “I only pointed out the hypocrisy of the federal government that said Fulani herdsmen came from Libya but Avengers are Ijaw.”“I said if the government could claim that the Fulani herdsmen are from Libya, why can’t they say the Avengers are from Somalia because of the pirates’ activities in that country? Why were they so quick to label the Avengers as being Ijaw people? And is Ijaw the only ethnic group in the Niger-Delta?” Ms Briggs queried.
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