The Niger Delta Leaders went for the dialogue purely for themselves that is why one of their request was the allocation of oil blocks. The only item that would have been tabled for discussion as the editorial rightly pointed out was to control the oil resources & the determination of the sharing formula between the oil producing states and the other parts of Nigeria that contributes nothing but share in a resources they have no knowledge about & contributes nothing in its production.
Niger Delta leaders went next you meet with PMB ask for the control of your resources to arrest underdevelopment of the region. This is the only item to present in order to stem militancy in the Niger Delta Region.