Federal Government of Nigeria has agreed to a one-month ceasefire with militant groups in the Niger Delta, according to Petroleum Ministry sources.
The deal is reported to include the Niger Delta Avengers, a group which has claimed responsibility for a string of attacks.
The source added that it was very difficult getting the Niger Delta Avengers to the negotiating table but it was eventually done through a proxy channel and a truce was achieved.
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, had led a government delegation to different camps in Bayelsa and Delta states, including visiting the temporary site of the Maritime University at Okerenkoko, Gbaramatu Kingdom, Delta State.
This was all in a bid to reach out to representatives of the militant groups to get them to stop the attacks on oil and gas facilities.
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