Warri — Federal Government has beefed up security around government establishments and oil facilities in response to threats by Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) to attack facilities in the Niger Delta.
Sources told Daily Independent that more troops have been deployed in the creeks of the Niger Delta to protect oil and gas facilities.
Security was tightened at the NNS Delta, Battalion 3, Effurun, among other government establishments, as people coming and going were questioned.
Source said the security agencies are not taking the MEND threats for granted, hence the movement of personnel to guide installations.
The source added that the blasts that aborted the talk-shop summit have negated all efforts to restore peace in the crisis-ridden Niger Delta region, wondering why MEND would carry out such deadly attack when the conference was organised by journalists, who had been on the forefront of the fight for peace and development in the area.
He cautioned governors in the region against making insulting and inciting utterances that could further stoke embers of discord in the region.
Meanwhile, Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has reacted to the bomb blasts, which reportedly killed four persons, blaming the organiser for not inviting "broad based" youth bodies to the conference.
IYC Secretary General, Western Zone, Preye Okaba, said: "While I cannot hold brief for those behind the bomb explosions in Government House Annex, Warri, Delta State, I am, however, of the opinion that there should have been a broad-based representation of youths in the post-amnesty summit."
He urged South-South governors to close ranks with Acting President, Goodluck Jonathan, stressing that "signals that some of the governors are against Jonathan do not augur well for the amnesty programme and our collective interest as a people."
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