…They are political thugs
From CHRIS ANUCHA, Port HarcourtMovement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), has urged former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and the factional Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to ignore threats by some ex-militants.

Recall that some ex-militants, under the aegis of Leadership, Peace and Cultural Development Initiative (LPCDI), recently warned Governor Amaechi, on the dire consequences of Jonathan not being re-elected as president in 2015.

The same group, only recently, said it had barred the former vice president, Atiku Abubakar from visiting the Niger Delta, for spearheading the break-up of the PDP, an action it sees as a clog in the wheel of the president’s ambition to occupy Aso Rock beyond 2015.

MEND, in an online statement by its spokesman, Jomo Gbomo, urged Atiku, Amaechi, 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.”

The group continued: “It is in the right of any detribalised, honest and qualified Nigerian, to aspire for the highest office in 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.”

MEND, however, said it was ready to end the activities of illegitimate oil merchants, pipeline vandalism and unrest in the Niger Delta region.

However, it said it would do this only, when the reason the members took up arms is addressed by a listening administration, regardless of the part of the country, the president comes from.


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I sense a militia crisis jst lyk dt of PDP