A former leader of the Movement for the
Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, ‘Gen’
Reuben Wilson, has denied the endorsement of
the presidential candidate of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, for February
election.
Muhammadu Buhari
Vanguard reports that Wilson urged Nigerians
to disregard the said endorsement, assuring
that the ex-militants were all for President
Goodluck Jonathan in next month’s
presidential election.
MEND, is believed to have been hit by a crisis
as Jomo Gbomo, who speaks for the group,
has lambasted the PDP, and Ijaw Youth
Congress, IYC, for questioning its credibility
and describing the movement as a ghost
organisation because of its proclaimed support
for Buhari.
“MEND views the recent question and
statement credited to the PDP National
publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, as very
callous and irresponsible. The question:
‘Explain your connections with MEND’ further
confirms and vindicates our views about
President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP.
MEND strongly denies any links with the APC
and has never been approached for anything,
at any point in time, by the party, as alleged
by Olisa Metuh,” Gbomo said.
Meanwhile, Wilson, who spoke for the ex-
militant commanders, also urged Nigerians to
ignore the alleged endorsement of Buhari,
saying; it is part of the APC propaganda
ahead of the general elections.
Wilson, who is now a pastor while reaffirming
the ex-warlords support for President
Jonathan’s re-election, said: “MEND ceased to
exist from the day we all keyed into the
amnesty programme of the Federal
Government,” adding that what they had as
Jomo Gbomo was a pseudonym used by the
ex-agitators to prosecute their crusade as
MEND years back.
“We challenge the Jomo Gbomo to show his
face on a national television the way we will
do, as we have always done. Since we left the
creeks, we have integrated into the society,
contributing to the development of the country.
We have stopped all forms of militant activities
under any guise, including MEND activities.”
The repented militant further reiterated that at
the moment there was nothing like Jomo
Gbomo or MEND, stressing that they owned
MEND and also collapsed it after they
embraced the Federal Government’s amnesty
programme.
“We have read and heard of reports in the
media on the purported endorsement of the
APC presidential candidate, Buhari, and have
decided to inform the public that we, the
former leaders of militant camps, who owned
and controlled the activities of MEND, did not
and could not have endorsed Buhari as our
candidate. We are aware that the APC and
their presidential candidate are desperate for
power and are ready to do anything to mislead
the public as part of their desperate efforts to
take over power this year. But it is criminal to
use the name of MEND to score a cheap point
and deceive the public. For the avoidance of
doubt, let us put it clearly that we owned
MEND and we never endorsed Buhari. Neither
Buhari nor MEND can shave our head in our
absence,” he said.
It would be recalled that the ex-militants of
the Niger Delta region declared they would do
everything to ensure that President Jonathan
not only contest the 2015 presidential race,
but also completes his second term in 2019 .
http://www.naij.com/357822-ex-mend-commanders-deny-endorsing-buhari.html

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I've always known this MEND thing was all a propaganda. Naija vote out bad n ignore the evil APC. There are 11 parties on the race with credible candidates of clean slates