The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has issued a public statement in light of previous President Goodluck Jonathan's announcement on MEND in which he denied charges that he was one of the patrons of the Niger Delta Avengers. In it, the gathering claims that Mr. Jonathan's inability to address the Niger Delta's difficulties prompted the development of MEND.
Perused the MEND official statement beneath:
1. The consideration of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has been attracted to an announcement issued by one Ikechukwu Eze, for the benefit of previous President Goodluck Jonathan implying to separate the previous President from the assertion leveled against him by the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA) that, the previous President was the Grand Patron of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA).
2. With all due appreciation, the whole articulation was profoundly provocative and embarrassingly confused as it woefully neglected to address the center the issue of whether or not; the previous President was in reality, the Grand Patron of the NDA.
3. Or maybe, the announcement utilized diversionary Tactics which harped widely on sharp grapes! Any supporter of occasions in Nigeria and the Niger Delta who was special to peruse the announcement discharged by Mr. Jonathan would promptly watch that the previous President had a score to settle with the Okah siblings and in addition with MEND who have subsequent to May 30, 2014, halted assaults on Nigeria's oil and gas resources; and are right now occupied with exchange with the Federal Government to discover practical ways and method for closure the putrefying Niger Delta emergencies which were exacerbated by the previous President's clumsiness, ineptitude and defilement amid the 6years he administered the nation.
4. Surely, the issue in the Niger Delta today has nothing to do with the present Administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. A long way from it! The issue is essentially, the disappointment
of Mr. Jonathan to address the root issues going up against the district when he was in charge. Despite the fact that he was from the bankrupted district; and had, by his own particular confirmation in various electioneering effort, encountered the utter destitution and servile disregard of the locale foisted by progressive Nigerian Governments and the International Oil Companies following the disclosure of oil in 1958 at Oloibiri (a couple meters far from his local Otuoke) in Bayelsa state, Mr. Jonathan disappointingly misused the chance to save his kin when the Nigerian Presidency randomly arrived on his laps, for all intents and purposes on a platter of gold. For 6 entire years, Mr. Jonathan was occupied with drinking, making cheerful and by and large pursuing shadows at the State
House. Such a kindred should be segregated from the get together of sensible men; in light of the fact that the Nigerian Presidency may never rebound to the Niger Delta locale as modest as it came to Mr. Jonathan; maybe, in the following 100 years.
5. Or we overlook, MEND was at the bleeding edge of the equipped battle in 2006/2007 which constrained the then Government of President Olusegun Obasanjo to consider the alternative of drafting an Ijaw into the standard of Nigerian legislative issues. That was the means by which the unendingly shy and credulous Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan got to be Vice President and later, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. When he expected the reins as President, he did the unfathomable; he found saw MENDleaders and expeditiously got them detained on a fabricated charge of endeavor to kill him. Up until today, Mr. Jonathan is as yet experiencing a death neurosis complex (APC).
6. Furthermore, a significant bit of Mr. Jonathan's announcement, lamentably, harped on legal matters which are pending in different courts in Nigeria and South Africa. For example ,Mr. Henry Okah's Appeal in South Africa's Supreme Court is expected for Hearing this August; while his sibling, Charles' progressing trial in Nigeria is pending before Hon. Equity Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
7. The previous President's announcement was thusly, most exceedingly scornful, harmful to the credit of MEND and the Okah siblings; and, most importantly, biased to the possible result of the progressing trials in South African and Nigerian courts, individually. Thusly, both siblings should, by virtue of the previous President's biased explanation, organization lawful activity against him in South Africa and Nigeria inside 60 days, starting from today, August 9, 2016. As needs be, they have advised their particular Solicitors to formally draw in the previous President in case.
8. Back to the center issue. Repair can't hold brief for the RNDA who distinctly blamed Mr. Jonathan of complicity in powering the progressing Niger Delta emergency ;and belittling the NDA, obviously for political reasons. We rush ,to call attention to the way that, the RNDA has just vindicated MEND's conviction and conviction that, the previous President and his colleagues who lost the 2015 Presidential decision were utilizing the unlawful and treasonable NDA stage to destabilize President Buhari's Government. 9. At last, MEND is focused on working with the
current Administration to bring peace, solidness and improvement to the Niger Delta district. The procedure has subsequent to started with the constitution of the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT-MEND AARON TEAM 2, Dialog, Peace and Development Initiative. Between August 22, 2016 and October 7, 2016 the AaronTeam might leave on a voyage through the Niger Delta locale. The proposed visit is code-named "OPERATION MOSES." The key center of the visit is to convince activists to truce and bolster President Muhammadu Buhari in his decided and true push to
build up the area. The visit might likewise support Nigeria's oil generation limit and in addition enhance host group relations
with oil and gas organizations in the nation.
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