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Restructuring: Niger Delta Militants Issue Fresh Threat by Ebios(m): 2:30pm On Aug 27, 2018 |
By Harris-Okon Emmanuel UYO- Again, Niger Delta militants under the aegis of Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators (CNDA) have warned the Federal Government to heed several calls for the restructuring of the nation, threatening to harm the major interest of the Federal Government in the region if such calls were not observed. In a statement obtained by Vanguard in Uyo on Monday, the leader of the Niger Delta Watchdogs (NDW), Gen. John Duku, said the action became necessary following series of democratic infractions perpetrated by the federal government and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in recent times. He listed such contraventions to include, the alleged persistent hounding of the Senate President Bukola Saraki, the freezing of the Akwa Ibom State government’ accounts by the EFCC and the freedom being enjoyed by Myetti Allah cattle union despite committing series of atrocities without prosecution. The statement reads in part: “After carefully studying the recent political development in Nigeria in general and Niger Delta in particular; the Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators hereby wishes to state as follows: “We hereby condemn the recent freezing of the Akwa Ibom State Government Account by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC and we view it as an act of intimidation by agent of the federal government and APC in order to weaken t”he smooth running of government in the Niger Delta State and we hereby warn the EFCC and other agents of government to desist from this act of official recklessness and breach of constitution. “It is indeed regrettable to observe that the EFCC has been used as a tool to fight against the perceived political opponents, instead of carrying out its constitutional duties without bias as stipulated in the 1999 Constitution as amended. The EFCCs fight against corruption has been lopsided without proper investigation or arrest of so many treasury looters who are still looting the public treasury in the Presidency till date. “The action of the EFCC and the federal government is against the laid down procedure of investigation stipulated in the EFCC Acts; the EFCC has no right or basis whatsoever to freeze any state government account. Doing so against the Akwa Ibom State government is therefore a calculated attempt to cripple the activities of the state government, label its officials as corrupt and punish the innocent people of Akwa Ibom State. From all indications, the attack is not on Governor Udom Emmanuel but on the good people of the state because of the personal hatred the APC-led government has for the people of the state in particular and the Niger Delta as a whole. “We want to ask, why is it that EFCC singles out opposition states like Akwa Ibom and Benue states for this unjust act? Why are they not seeing the glaring corruption pepetrated by Kogi and Imo states Governors and other APC states? Why does the EFCC not arrest many corrupt officials celebrated in the Presidency till now? Why dont they arrest the script writer and most corrupt Senator Godswill Akpabio who looted the state treasury for eight years and suddenly becomes a saint as soon as he crossed over to APC and instructed the EFCC to freeze Akwa Ibom State government account without any evidence of corruption against its officials? “We hereby condemn the recent Anti-Saraki threat by Miyetti Allah leaders and describe it as treasonable. We also warn that any further attempt to attack or forcefully remove the Senate President from office shall be met with stiff resistance from the Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators and we promise that all business activities in the Niger Delta shall be completely shut down. To prove to us that the Federal Government and APC are not using Miyetti Allah group, the government should as a matter of urgency arrest and prosecute the leader of Miyetti Allah to serve as a deterrent to others. “Finally, we shall not fold our arms and watch these criminal activities continue unabated as any further attempt or attack on any official of Akwa Ibom state government shall be seen as an attack on Niger Delta people and we shall take it personally with the federal government. We therefore call on the federal government to sack the EFCC Chairman with immediate effect for abuse of office and restructure the country before 2019 general elections otherwise; we shall ensure that the economy base from the Niger Delta is shut down”.
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