The Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has denied being the sponsor of the militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers or any other militant group for that matter.

He said this in press statement, in reaction to a recent online publication that had alleged that a splinter group, the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, had claimed Senator Akpabio and other eminent Nigerians were their sponsors.

The release, signed by the Special Assistant on Media to the Senate Minority Leader, Mr Anietie Ekong, described the publication as “baseless, reckless and senseless.

According to the release “It is a fabrication from the pit of hell from those who are profiteering from the crisis in the Niger Delta and would wish no end to it,”.

“For the avoidance of doubt, we wish to state categorically that Senator Akpabio has no link with the Niger Delta Avengers or any other militant group for that matter.

The statement also cautioned that politicizing the Niger Delta crisis through propaganda will amount to an ill wind that will blow nobody any good.

“Rather what the nation needs is concerted efforts by stakeholders to holistically through dialogue address the grievances of the region which luckily President Muhammadu Buhari has already started,” it concluded.