– Goodluck Jonathan has cried
out over plots to assassinate
him – The ex-president’s claim
comes on the heels of
accusations that he is a sponsor
of the NDA – Jonathan has denied the
allegations, claiming that it
was part of an attempt to
assassinate him – GEJ said MEND has been
seeking to kill him even while
he was vice-president of
Nigeria Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, ex-
president of Nigeria has raised an
alarm that his life is under threat
by militants. Jonathan has said that the group
MEND is after his life. In a statement made by his media
aide, Ikechukwu Eze on Sunday
August 7, Jonathan said the list of
sponsors by the splinter group
Reformed Niger Delta Avengers
(RNDA) was political, adding that it was part of an attempt to
assassinate him. The statement read in part: “Since
it is not in our place to speak for
all those named in the obvious
fabrication, we are only
intervening to the extent that its
hidden intent poses a violent threat to the life of former
President Goodluck Jonathan, a
committed patriot. READ ALSO: Enjoy the fastest surfing with UC browser “We are seized by the feeling of
déjà vu occasioned by the
resurrection of one dim character
masquerading as Cynthia Whyte,
who had in the past served as the
spokesperson for a notorious group that had all along shown
its hand to be going after the life
of former President Jonathan.” The former President recalled that
in 2007, after he emerged as the
running mate of the late President
Umar Yar’Adua, the group
invaded Yenogoa in an effort to
assassinate him. He added that the members of the
group later bombed his
compound in Otuoke, Bayelsa
state, on a night he was
scheduled to attend to an
important matter in his country home. “Do we need to remind anybody
that the so-called Cynthia Whyte is
the self-declared spokesperson
for the Movement for the
Emancipation of Niger Delta, a
violent and murderous underground group led by one
Henry Okah, which has not
hidden its intention to destroy the
former President?” Jonathan
stressed. Jonathan said that the list, which
named him and other South-
South leaders as Niger Delta
Avengers sponsors, was another
attempt by the Movement for the
Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), to eliminate him. According to him, the bombing
that took place on October 1,
2010 at the Eagle Square, Abuja,
showed that the group was
violent. GEJ noted that: “We have no
doubt in our mind that MEND, as a
group contracted to go after
Jonathan with the mind of
assassinating him, has yet to
abandon this criminal and ignominious craving. It is in this
light that we view the purported
statement issued by Cynthia
Whyte as not only a sadistic
continuation of this sick desire,
but also a futile attempt to instigate the Federal Government
to needlessly go after the former
President. “Those who have been following
the unsavoury developments in
some parts of the country since
the last general election would
have noticed that MEND, its
paymasters and other unscrupulous elements in the
South-South region have been
striving fruitlessly to exploit the
ensuing confusion by
surreptitiously working for the
fulfilment of its yet-to-be declared political agenda. “We are not under any illusion
that more accusations and
allegations of this nature would
not be hurled Jonathan’s way in
the future. But we are very
positive that he can never be fazed by such negative energy.” A group, which split from the NDA
– Reformed Niger Delta Avengers
– had named Jonathan as the
grand patron of the NDA. An online medium, Sahara
Reporters, reported that in a
statement by its spokesperson,
Cynthia Whyte, the RNDA also
listed the Rivers State Governor,
Nyesom Wike, and the Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson,
as sponsors of the NDA. Online Jobs For Cash $6.50 Per Survey For Your Opinio
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Chief Edwin Clark, a former
Governor of Akwa Ibom State,
Senator Godswill Akpabio; ex-
militant leader, Government
Ekpemupolo (alias Tompolo); the founder, African Independent
Television, Raymond Dokpesi;
Kingsley Kuku; Kimi Angozi, and
Patrick Akpobolokemi. According to Sahara Reporters,
the group said the NDA
sympathisers are Daniel Alabrah;
Tony Uranta, Daniel; Ms. Annkio
Briggs, and a former spokesman for the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP), Olisa Metuh. The Reformed Niger Delta
Avengers also named Oyege Nimi
Brown, VIP Timothy, Joshua
Macaiver, Paul Bebenimibo,
among others, as the main
operatives of the NDA. It added that the President of the
Ijaw Youth Council, Udengs
Eradiri, aka Brig. Gen. Murdoch
Agbinibo, served as the NDA’s
chief spokesman. Also, Clark, who spoke through
his lawyer, Mr. Dotun Sowemimo,
wondered why he would be
mentioned as one of the
sponsors of such a heinous crime
against the nation. He said: “The allegation is an
attempt to undermine the efforts
of the Niger Delta leaders to bring
true, lasting peace to the region. “Clark and other leaders in the
region believe in the unity of
Nigeria. The list is a cheap lie,
which is meant to distract the
peace moves by the elders and
leaders in the Niger Delta.” On his part, Wike, who spoke
through his Special Assistant on
Electronic Media, Mr Simeon
Nwakaudu, said the list should be
ignored by the members of the
public. Dokpesi, also distanced himself
from the Niger Delta Avengers.
Dokpesi in an interview with The
Punch on Sunday in Abuja, said
he remained committed to
strengthening the unity and stability of Nigeria. He said, “I don’t know who is
giving that report; I have never
met any member of the NDA in my
life, I have no association with
them and I don’t know who they
are. I have been committed to strengthening the unity and
stability of the country.” Also denying the allegation, Metuh said he had nothing to do
with the NDA. He said: “Ordinarily, I would not have responded to
this, but on this occasion, I have
chosen to respond, as this
particularly borders on matters
affecting national security. “This is a wicked, cruel and
devilish plot to link me with such
activities, especially as the claim is
outright false.’’ A former spokesman for the
Presidential Amnesty Programme,
Mr. Daniel Alabrah, also denied
being a sympathiser of the NDA. Alabrah said in a statement on
Sunday that the report was a
product of mischief designed to
distract the Federal Government
from decisively addressing the
resurgence of militancy in the Niger Delta. The Senate Minority Leader,
Senator Godswill Akpabio, denied
being a sponsor of the Niger Delta
Avengers or any other militant
group. In a statement on Sunday by his
Special Assistant on Media, Mr
Anietie Ekong, the former
Governor of Akwa Ibom state
described the allegation as
“baseless, reckless and senseless.” The statement read in part,
“Senator Akpabio has no link
with the Niger Delta Avengers or
any other militant group for that
matter.’’ Also, a former Adviser to
President Jonathan, on Niger
Delta, Mr Kingsley Kuku, denied reports linking him with the
Avengers. Meanwhile, there are indications
that Goodluck Jonathan is
meeting with militants in the Niger
Delta region in a bid to put an end
to bombing of oil and gas
pipelines. The Guardian reports that a
group, Niger Delta Peace Agenda,
which is based in Bayelsa state,
confirmed that Jonathan was
secretly meeting with militants,
especially the Avengers, and cautioned all Niger Delta militants to listen to the former president
and Ijaw leaders to give peace a
chance in the region.https://www.naij.com/919197-tension-jonathans-life-danger-ex-president-cries.html?source=index_main

u used ur power as president to jail ur kinsmen including James Ibori and d two okah brothers jst cos of political differences and expect them to allow u go home to ur family while they rot in jail abi?u neva see nada

If OKAH is released today, this dummy ex President will run away into exile. Jonathan has unbelievable crimes that he will go to prison for

Can somebody wake me up. Or am i dreaming, though am not surprised wit those names mentioned, some names are missiing where is elder Orubebe

make i hear ,all na lie