The Provisional Government of Biafra and the Biafra Government in Exile issued this press release concerning the issue of the recent public statement by Mr. Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK). Mr Gordon stated that his government has agreed to provide help and support with Security for the Nigerian government in the face of evident escalation of the ongoing conflict between Nigerian government forces and armed agents on one side and the hapless people of the Niger Delta on the other, a conflict involving the exploration, production, sale and delivery of oil located in and belonging to the Niger Delta.