Militants in the Niger Delta region on Thursday issued a new threat to resume hostilities as the Security Agencies battle a wave of bomb attacks blamed on radical Islamists in the northern region of the country.
"The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) is preparing very hard for the resumption of hostilities with the training of new fighters joining our various camps" the group said in a statement.
MEND accused government of applying double standards after the authorities announced that dozens of Islamists arrested recently in connection with the incessant bombings and shootings in the North may not be prosecuted.
The country's intelligence agency two weeks ago said it was holding over 100 suspected members of the Islamist sect known as Boko Haram with a view to reform rather than taking them to court.
"The group therefore,regards this gesture as a blatant disregard to all Christians in Nigeria killed and also an insult to all Niger Deltans with reference to the Delta indigenes arrested over the October 1 bomb blast carried out by our field operatives", it said.
The Group whose attacks in previous years slashed oil production by around half,staged a major attack in the capital Abuja during October 1 Independence Celebrations.
It set off two car bombs near the venue of the official ceremonies killing 12 people and wounding several others
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