The Joint Revolutionary Council, JRC, comprising of units of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, The Reformed Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force and the Martyrs Brigade, has dissociated the group from the actions of Henry Okah who until recently was the lead arms supplier to a faction of MEND.

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According to JRC in an online e-mail by its spokesperson with the pseudonym, Cynthia Whyte, to PM NEWS in Port Harcourt, “Henry Okah until recently was the lead arms supplier to a faction of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta. His faction of MEND was led by General Boyloaf (Victor Ebikabowei) who has since disbanded his unit, which represents the mainstream MEND and joined forces with the renewed efforts to bring peace, stability and development to the Niger Delta”.
The group further called Henry Okah “a monster that was created by frontline Ijaw leader, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari. During his incarceration in 2005-2007, Henry Okah was mandated and paid to service fighting units loyal to Mujahid Dokubo-Asari. He exploited Dokubo-Asari’s absence, cunningly hijacked the e-mail address used by MEND to communicate with the world, sold arms to armed robbers and confiscated hundreds of millions of naira meant for the supply of arms to combat groups in the Niger Delta.
“Since his release from prison by former President Yar’Adua and realising that he had lost clout, Okah sought to work with former armed robbery gangs that he had supplied arms to in the past. These armed groups were responsible for bank robberies and armed attacks on oil companies based in Port Harcourt and its environs.
“Henry Okah is not MEND and MEND is not Henry Okah. We condemn him totally and await further directives on appropriate actions that will be taken on this hardened criminal who successfully infiltrated our ranks to perpetrate heinous crimes. His end has come”, the group vowed.
Meanwhile anger is rising in the Niger Delta against Okah, who is seen by many Niger Deltans as a traitor working for elements opposed to President Goodluck Jonathan’s presidential ambition. The Nigerian leader hails from the zone.
During a visit to President Jonathan on Tuesday, ex-militants namely Chief Government Ekpemolo, a.k.a. Tompolo; Ateke Tom; Farah Dagogo; Alhaji Mujaheed Dokubo-Asari; Shoot at Sight; Busta Rhymes and Egberipapa said the 1 October bombing was condemnable, adding that “it is dastardly, irresponsible and morally reprehensible. We reject such incident and we say that the Niger Delta people are not in support of it.”
“Let it go from here and let it go to the entire world, particularly because we read in the media that it was MEND that carried out the blasts. All the leaders of MEND and all other organi-sations are here and we say that MEND was not responsible for that bomb blasts. Our struggle is a responsible struggle,” they said.
Speaking to State House correspondents after the meeting, Mr Victor Ebika-bowei, also known as Boy-loaf, denied the existence of any MEND member with the name Jomo Gbomo, who allegedly signed the bomb alert statement passed to the media before the blasts.
“Jomo Gbomo does not exist. If the person handling the media sector has a problem and another person takes over, so far, he has the password of the e-mail, he can use the name of Jomo Gbomo and cover up as Jomo Gbomo. So, there is nothing as Jomo Gbomo, he does not exist,” he said.
In South Africa, Okah is facing a two-count charge in connection with the October 1 twin explosions in Abuja, which left 12 people dead and many others injured.



http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2010/10/07/ex-militants-expose-okah-he-cloned-mend%E2%80%99s-e-mail/

I pray the true actors behind the killings of Oct 1 are revealed. Families are mouring and victims wreathing in pains.

All the blood shed on that day will cry for and get justice

Is this just a run off the mill yahoo.com or hotmail.com e-mail??
or a proper email with a domain name??

Things are not looking good for Henry Okah right about now.
Almost everyone tom, ateke and harry that has spoken has pointed towards Henry Okah.

The true actors are MEND until its proved otherwise. No sane person will believe its not them just because they said so.

Everfrank:

The true actors are MEND until its proved otherwise. No sane person will believe its not them just because they said so.

Why won't they say so, they:
- Bombed our capital city
- Absorbed and forgiven in less than 10hrs
- Invited to hangout with the 1st Citizen for a cup of coffee
- Later went to NTA for a TV Reality Show, tagged "its not MEND"

If you are the one fed so tenderly, will you still bit such finger

egift:

Why won't they say so, they:
- Bombed our capital city
- Absorbed and forgiven in less that 10hrs
- Invited to hangout with the 1st Citizen for a cup of coffee
- Later went to NTA for a TV Reality Show, tagged "its not MEND"

If you are the one fed so tenderly, will you still bit such finger

NNA I WEAK O

More of the guys hanging out with our president (Was he a member or is he a sponsor )

Why foolishing Nigerians GEJ the above mentioned names are regarded as ex-militant. hence they have no say regarding act carried out by MEND. The medium are describing them as ex-, why zoologist is describing them as acting members??

The information should get to South Africa as evidence against Okah ASAP. Okah and his financiers must be dealt with.

Abu-Maryam:

Why foolishing Nigerians GEJ[size=14pt] the above mentioned names are regarded as ex-militant. hence they have no say regarding act carried out by MEND[/size]. The medium are describing them as ex-, why zoologist is describing them as acting members??

See us see wahala ooo!!! When did English dictionary switch meaning of the word EX again?

dappssee:

I pray the true actors behind the killings of Oct 1 are revealed. Families are mouring and victims wreathing in pains.

All the blood shed on that day will cry for and get justice

We should also blame those (the dead) who collected money from government and went to Eagle Square to celebrate 50 years of failure. They too are NOT innocent.

Moreover, MEND warned Nigerians against attending those 'useless govt called occasions' while disrupting Vanguard newspaper sponsored 'amnesty money miss road parley chaired by Edo state gov.'' few months back. . . . . . .

People should learn to stop attending useless govt called functions that does not improve the LOTS of the masses, . .

Everfrank:

The true actors are MEND until its proved otherwise. No sane person will believe its not them just because they said so.

for your mind now you dey make sense,stupid talk,why don't you say the true actor is not MEND until it is otherwise proven.

We should also blame those (the dead) who collected money from government and went to Eagle Square to celebrate 50 years of failure. They too are NOT innocent.

Moreover, MEND warned Nigerians against attending those 'useless govt called occasions' while disrupting Vanguard newspaper sponsored 'amnesty money miss road parley chaired by Edo state gov.'' few months back. . . . . . .

People should learn to stop attending useless govt called functions that does not improve the LOTS of the masses, . .

How much were you paid by the devilish IBB to write this?

It is clear that Okah masterminded the attack in conjuction with his financiers. Is it not possible for the govt to repatriate him to Nigeria for investigation/trial?

Government should negotiate with MEND and stop lying about who the real MEND is.Tompolo and Ateke were just ex-militants.

Look at this excerpt from vanguard of november 2009.

Headlines Nov 8 , 2009
Why Soyinka, Akhigbe can’t speak for N/Delta….Abbe

*No clear mandate for them from militants By Emma Amaize

MINISTER of Defence and Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Amnesty, Major. “General Godwin Abbe (rtd.), shed light, yesterday, on why the committee is not keen on meeting with the Aaron Team, a group of eminent Nigerians with mandate from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta ((MEND) to dialogue with the Federal Niger-Delta crisis to an end. The minister, who spoke exclusively to Sunday Vanguard, said the Aaron Team had no identity and was suffering from credibility crisis, as it has not established that it was put in place in the first instance by a consensus of former  militants to act on their behalf. The Aaron Team comprises former Chief of General Staff (CGS), Vice Admiral Okhai Mike Akhigbe ( rtd), Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka (observer), Major General Luke Kakadu Aprezi (rtd) and Dr. Sabella Ogbobode Abidde. Besides the issue of identity, Abbe said the team had not made any contact with his committee for any meeting and the government agency would not, on its own, be seeking to discuss with an unrecognized group. However, a senior official of MEND told Sunday Vanguard, yesterday, I think you better ignore the minister of defence. The man does not even know what is happening and he is behaving as if without him, nobody can meet with Mr. President. We have ignored him, as the people that know what they are doing in the Presidency have even by-passed him in dealing with MEND. Look at the way he has been talking since, as if it is not his duty to meet with everybody to ensure that peace returned to Niger-Delta. Why is he selecting the people to meet or not meet with? I will just tell you to leave Abbe alone. He is there but he does not know wh

MEND and Jonathan Goodluck must really believe this country is a Nation of 2yr olds.

There is a saying that when you are in a hole stop digging. They shuld just all shut up!!!