#MEND# working to free Henry Okah, others’

Ultimate Warriors of Niger Delta, a militant group affiliated to the Niger Delta Avengers, has said the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, which recently named some respected leaders from the region to negotiate on behalf of militants, is only working to free Henry and Charles Okah..

MEND had earlier on Sunday confirmed that it was in talks with the Federal Government to end attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta and urged the government to ignore the Niger Delta Avengers, whose members it described as criminals.

However, the Ultimate Warriors of the Niger Delta, has accused the group of only being interested in freeing its leader Henry Okah, who is in a South African jail, and his brother, Charles, who is being held at the Kuje Prison.

The militant group said in a statement issued by its spokesman, Sibiri Taiowoh, that it would not be part of the MEND Aaron Team, as there was no longer any militant group called MEND in the region.