Buhari Administration Enlisted Former MEND Leader to Help End Niger Delta Avengers Pipeline Bombings
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Buhari administration reached out to MEND leader Edmund Ogbonnaya in 2016 to help persuade Niger Delta Avengers to stop bombing oil pipelines
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Ogbonnaya was contacted by an aide to then National Security Adviser Monguno to provide assistance
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Ogbonnaya agreed to meet with Monguno's aide and later NSA Monguno himself to discuss avengers situation
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The meeting confirmed Ogbonnaya's identity as brain behind MEND and his ability to influence Niger Delta militants
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After the meeting, Buhari asked Ogbonnaya to help negotiate with Avengers to stop attacks, which he did successfully through communications interception