Nigeria’s minister of state for petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu has allegedly bribed members of the Niger Delta Avengers with a whooping sum of $10 million to convince the militant group to stop its Operation Red Economy campaign against oil production in the country.

The allegation against the minister was made on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 by Nigeria’s main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

The PDP took to micro-blogging website, Twitter to expose the alleged deal which was concluded the Transcorp Hilton hotel in Abuja this evening.

“The $10m bribe was given to representatives of Niger Delta Avengers after a meeting with @IbeKachikwu at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja

“Mr. @IbeKachikwu appealed to the representatives of Niger Delta Avengers to plead to the militants to stop vandalization of pipelines”, the PDP said.