Support has come the way of former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku
Abubakar, Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and
members of the Abubakar Baraje-led new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP)
from unexpected quarters – the Movement for the Emancipation of the
Niger Delta (MEND) – which has told them to ignore the empty and
provocative threats emanating from those it described as “idle political
thugs” posing as ex-militants.
It would be recalled that the Leadership, Peace, and Cultural
Development Initiative (LPCDI) arising from its meeting weekend in
Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, declared Atiku a persona-non-grata
in the Niger Delta region, saying its position was based on the demand
by the new PDP; which the former Vice President and Amaechi are arrow
heads, that President Goodluck Jonathan should drop his 2015 ambition.
But MEND, in a statement purportedly signed by its spokesman, Jomo
Gbomo, a copy of which was seen by Information Nigeria said, “The
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) urges former
Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Rotimi Amaechi, the New PDP and our
brothers and sisters from other parts of Nigeria, to ignore the empty
threats and provocative comments from idle political thugs parading
themselves as ex-militants, as well as some so-called elders and tribal
assemblies of the Niger Delta.
“It is the right of any detribalised, honest, and qualified Nigerian
to aspire for the highest office of the land to bring progress, peace,
reconciliation and other dividends of democracy. It is also in order,
for a performing incumbent to seek a legitimate extension of his/her
tenure in office as long as the peoples vote will count and the bid does
not run contrary to any prior agreements reached within their party.
MEND believes in honour and integrity.
“The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) is ready
to end activities of illegitimate oil merchants, pipeline vandalism,
and the unrest in the Niger Delta region when the reason we took up arms
is addressed by a listening administration regardless of the part of
our great country the president comes from.”
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