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olatade:
Former defence minister, Gen. Yakubu Danjuma, yesterday got a seven-day ultimatum from a group of ex-militants in the Niger Delta to withdraw his statement in which he called for the arrest of some former warlords or face their wrath.

Gen. Danjuma had, on Wednesday,  condemned last weekend’s meeting of the former warlords in Yenagoa where they threatened to unleash terror on the country if President Goodluck Jonathan loses next month’s election.

Danjuma called for immediate arrest of the war mongers including Government Ekpemupolo a.k.a. Tompolo, Asari Dokubo and Victor Ben Ebikabowei a.k.a. Boyloaf.

A group of ex-militants —the Leadership, Peace and Cultural Development Initiative—led by Reuben Wilson, issued the ultimatum to Danjuma to withdraw the ‘insult’, failing which it said he would be courting trouble.

Boyloaf, reacting separately to Danjuma’s call for the arrest of the militants, threatened yesterday to attack the general’s assets in the Niger Delta if he fails to “retrace his steps” and apologise to the former militants and the people of the Niger Delta.

The Leadership, Peace and Cultural Development Initiative, in a statement by its  President, Reuben Wilson, said that Danjuma, by calling for the arrest of the militants “has walked on the tail of the serpent.”

The group said: “As much as he has the right to free speech, Danjuma ought to know that the oil money he is enjoying today, through his ownership of oil blocs, came from our sacrifices and blood. We staked our lives to fight for the development of our country.

“We fought for freedom for our land and it pains us that people like Danjuma who have reaped bountifully from the Niger Delta, can wake up to insult our sensibilities.

“For Danjuma to call for the arrest of Asari Dokubo, then he has walked on the tail of the serpent.

“The much we know is that we the ex militants who decided to drop our guns to join forces with the federal government to develop the country, especially the Niger Delta, have never said anything or taken any action that would warrant such explosives from Danjuma.“

Restating its support for President Jonathan in next month’s election,the group said: “All we have said overtime is that our brother and president, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, a true son of the Niger Delta, deserves to enjoy the two terms in office provided for in the constitution.

“We stand by this right and we will do everything legal and legitimate to make sure that he is not robbed of that right; not by a thousand Danjumas.

“Danjuma cannot be enjoying our oil money and be insulting us at the same time. We are therefore giving him seven days from today to retract the statement he made to the media on the arrest of Asari Dokubo. We see his call as a declaration of war with the former fighters and we will like to tell him that we are ready to face him, having declared himself our enemy.

“We are well aware that he owns oil blocs in the Niger Delta. He cannot be eating from our farm and at the same time calling us stupid and wishing that we should be arrested while he continues to harvest from our farm.

“Danjuma should apologise to all the former fighters or we will assume that he has no regrets for his utterances.

“We wish to sound this note of warning to all those who think they can intimidate us and force us to abandon our struggle for the re-election of Jonathan-their joint effort aimed at denying us our right will not work. They may be in the majority but we have a minority oil and that is what is feeding this country.

“If they want to push a minority man out of Aso Rock by force, they should start thinking of where they will get money to keep their man in Aso Rock because our oil money will no more be there for them to share.

“Danjuma must retract the statement within 7 days and apologise to us.”

Ebokabowei, on his part described Danjuma’s demand for their arrest as “reckless and provocative,” and wondered why the former chief of army staff did not condemn the attack on the president’s convoy in some northern states.

His words:“What are the issues that elicited retired General TY Danjuma’s reckless and provocative call? When the motor convoy (sic)  of the symbol of our collective national sovereignty, President Goodluck Jonathan, was attacked in northern cities of Jos, Katsina and Bauchi, by hegemonic Northern establishment and their hired elements, retired General T.Y Danjuma did not grant any interview to condemn the act.

“He lost his voice because he is in tacit support of such manoeuvres to disgrace and remove President Goodluck Jonathan from office using whatever means possible.

“Nigerians should not be deceived; retired General TY Danjuma is not moved to intervene in national issues for altruistic reasons.”

He alleged that Danjuma has failed to provide for the Niger Delta communities where his company prospects for oil.

“Is this the kind of man that will now speak about the unity of Nigeria? For General TY Danjuma and his likes, the unity of Nigeria centres on the control of the oil resources in the Niger Delta.

“Our eyes are now open. Wwe are watching. Any attempt to cause any inconvenience by way of arrest or intimidation of any Niger Delta leader will be met with stiff resistance and the consequences will be grave and disproportional. This is a promise and not a threat,” he said.

However, Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on the amnesty programme, Mr Kingsley Kuku, dismissed reports that the Ijaw will go to war if President Goodluck Jonathan is not re-elected into office.

Tompolo, Dokubo, Boyloaf and other former warlords, Kuku said, only expressed concern over the way the president was treated during his campaign in Bauchi and Katsina states.

http://thenationonlineng.net/new/war-threats-niger-delta-ex-militants-give-danjuma-7-day-ultimatum/

Truckpusher:
Even in a sane society ,this is what you get when you oppress a people beyond their bearable limit.

Danjuma should recant his words or face the worse.
After all with one simple strike on the Niger Delta oil he will become a poor man overnight .And who really wants to be poor after tasting wealth.
Wealth is like drugs ,once you taste it you'll never want to go back.

ISpiksDaTroof:
What has that got to do with anything? What the hell are you talking about? Where in the constitution does it say the President MUST serve two terms? If he runs, contests then loses, thats nobody's fault but his for not doing enough to win more votes...and, no, cheating doesn't count.

Tompolo and co are fools to think they can take the Nigerian Military to war. No matter how many pipelines they blow up, or how fast GEJ empties the Treasury, THEY WILL NEVER BE RICHER THAN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; and thats what you need to go to war: MONEY!!! They will not get the support of the Ijaw clan, to talk less of the rest ND/SE tribes.

They are blowing hot air is all I say. When push comes to shove, they will lose.

BraniacX:
Stop your yapping you APC rabid dog

This thread requires little reasoning from us in the Niger Delta, the rest of you look down on us too much and have been doing it for far too long. Its funny how you want to separate the Ijaws out as the sole agitators, well I ain't ijaw but the kinship I feel towards them right now could never be stronger, keep fooling yourselves that it is only Ijaws that are seething with anger right now......the might of the federal government ehn? How does that affect the black market arms trade?

He go soon over una

For every other region, kindly sit this out and be good spectators, in fact, you can place your bets now, this is between the south south and the hausa/fulani only. Its about time we give these bovines some bloody grass to chew

If danjuma fails to apologise and tompolo and co fail to carry out their threat, other boys are looking for the chance to become folk legends overnight by doing the needed. Abi seven days no far!

ISpiksDaTroof:
I have never known you to say anything even halfway reasonable so this present drivel of nonsense---that shockingly got 5 "likes"---comes as no surprise. In what "Sane society" of yours do people who are "Oppressed" threaten to harm individuals and business institutions without feeling the full wrath of the law. But, of course you wouldn't know that because you think all the madness is normal.

And if you think blowing up pipelines will hurt Danjuma more than it'll earn ordinary Nigerians, then you're even sillier than those weird looking pictures of yourself which you used to post up portray you.

ISpiksDaTroof:
I have never known you to say anything even halfway reasonable so this present drivel of nonsense---that shockingly got 5 "likes"---comes as no surprise. In what "Sane society" of yours do people who are "Oppressed" threaten to harm individuals and business institutions without feeling the full wrath of the law. But, of course you wouldn't know that because you think all the madness is normal.

And if you think blowing up pipelines will hurt Danjuma more than it will ordinary Nigerians, then you're even sillier than those weird looking pictures of yourself which you used to post up portray you.

p.s: Its "Face the worst", not "worse". Maybe if you spent more time opening your books instead of spewing hate online you'd know this.

seangy4konji:
The best thing in Nigeria now is to be able to have a weapon and have a license for it as when day light militanta are threatening the country and still enjoying then I see no reason why a 100 level undergraduate can't walk Into a bank and tell them to hand over their cash with no body askin him the reason. We should be able to Robb the rich and rape their children also and give te police money on our way out.

If it's ok for people to threaten out lives and go away with it then I see no reason why we cant decend on the senators house around the corner and collect all they have ever worke for.

If war should happen in this country.a lot of people will die as we have all opened our eyes to allow treason be treated with fragile hands and you are breeding what you can't handle.

It's a shame our leaders have all joined hands with terorist to make life of citizens unbearable and fear. If ordinary boy steal Nokia you are quick to sentence them right??

The time will come and I hope blod will not flow but I want us to be watchful of our president. He is one a side and we should not wait and watch them.hey have been importing arms and some have come out in open but thy have as usual swept their as purchase deals under the carpet. The southaftica deal which is one out of many.

Nigeria please this is not any body a fathers title. Not do or die. As a Yoruba. I will fight till d last drop and you looters won't go Scott free when the time comes.

Ruth will prevails and injustice will never go unpunished.

Thieves.

We will kill all d Ijaw people here in d south west and that's guaranteed.

ijawcitizen:
And you barbaric bunch eyeing our opobo for your biafra shall be the ones to taste to first batch of ijaw bullets if you don't stick to ur igboland when it all begins....what i'm saying is, the first batch of our bullets lands on you biafran a$$es before the northern army would come down south.

hamingra:
Bros, the Ibos thought so too in 1967. They failed to realise that there is difference between insurgency/terrorism and war. Any govt with half brain will destroy any insurgency WITHIN ITS BORDERS in 24 hrs. Except if that govt has a hand in that insurgency. A war on the other hand is what the biafrans fought. The result is history

prettyboi1989:
Only a strong leader can handle those boiz and get them silenced. Let them brandish their machine guns with chain bullets, only airstrikes with cruise missiles will turn their case to history. When isreal was blowing up buildings in palestine cos of hamas and civilians were caught in the cross fire, did anyone shout genocide?

MrHardOn:
Funny how militants are now making threats of war just because GEJ is in power. Where were they when Abacha was dealing with their leaders.
It's just a matter of time...very soon they will get the war they have been clamouring for. Giving the military an excuse to take power.
By the time T.Y. Danjuma and his ex- generals with the power blocs do the needful, when the nation wakes up to the national anthem....Good morning, fellow Nigerians.Only then will empty threat warlords know that war is not about noise making. I hope they will stand out when the time comes.
I will be watching in 30D in company of my posh babes, while they give me HardOn. . And yes from different continent...Al- Najaf, Basra in Iraq. Via. CNN and Aljazeera.

ISpiksDaTroof:
I have never known you to say anything even halfway reasonable so this present drivel of nonsense---that shockingly got 5 "likes"---comes as no surprise. In what "Sane society" of yours do people who are "Oppressed" threaten to harm individuals and business institutions without feeling the full wrath of the law. But, of course you wouldn't know that because you think all the madness is normal.

And if you think blowing up pipelines will hurt Danjuma more than it will ordinary Nigerians, then you're even sillier than those weird looking pictures of yourself which you used to post up portray you.

p.s: Its "Face the worst", not "worse". Maybe if you spent more time opening your books instead of spewing hate online you'd know this.

BraniacX:
Stop your yapping you APC rabid dog

This thread requires little reasoning from us in the Niger Delta, the rest of you look down on us too much and have been doing it for far too long. Its funny how you want to separate the Ijaws out as the sole agitators, well I ain't ijaw but the kinship I feel towards them right now could never be stronger, keep fooling yourselves that it is only Ijaws that are seething with anger right now......the might of the federal government ehn? How does that affect the black market arms trade?

He go soon over una

For every other region, kindly sit this out and be good spectators, in fact, you can place your bets now, this is between the south south and the hausa/fulani only. Its about time we give these bovines some bloody grass to chew

If danjuma fails to apologise and tompolo and co fail to carry out their threat, other boys are looking for the chance to become folk legends overnight by doing the needed. Abi seven days no far!

BlackTechnology:
Olodo

They don't need to blow pipeline

They will just stop production and send the workers home.

Drone007:
Only Truth and Equity can heal this country: Wrong for former ND militants to make threats of war. But equally very wrong for Danjuma to react speedily to their threat but keep mum to the attacks on the President of Nigeria in Katsina and Bauchi. Even more worrisome is the fact that Mssrs. Shehu Shagari, Ibrahim Babangida, Abdulsalaam Abubakar, even Muhammadu Buhari, all former Presidents/Heads of States of Nigeria from the north all also failed to exhibit any modicum of maturity by immediately condemning the acts. They failed to show good example and to acquit themselves as good role models for the Nigeria Project. They needed to have immediately condemned the violence, not out of love for the present holder of the office but to affirm the dignity of the Office of President of Nigeria! Or, could their silence be confirming they were only Presidents/Heads of State for northern Nigeria?

teemanbastos:
bastards.
Yet itz under a clueless administration dis miscreants can make war-inciting statements and go scot free.
Wich oil? Na them create d oil? Fools.

austinbrown:
idiot go create the oil for north na

musaffyan:
With all d wealth ND militants got from CnC,they couldn't use it fix d ND areas in d south with better ameneties,but instead they are blabbing like sheeps waiting to b slaughtered

Where in the country's constitution that demands the president must be voted with force and treaths for 2nd term to be in office.

MAKE UNA GO SCHOOL,UNA SAY NO NAA BONKERY AND PIPE VANDALS UNA WON BE,CLAIMING TO BE FREEDOM FIGTHERS WITHOUT MANNERS

Make a move after FE BUHARI's election or vandalise any property in d south there ,
There will b no place for ND militants to breed to even consider hiding

We are wwaiting
Common pls

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teemanbastos:
bastards.
Yet itz under a clueless administration dis miscreants can make war-inciting statements and go scot free.
Wich oil? Na them create d oil? Fools.

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cycline404:
Are this guys above the law?
Just thinking loud

cycline404:
Are this guys above the law?
Just thinking loud

dozern:
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Is Buhari above the law? Why won't he be prosecuted for forgery and perjury. An incorruptible man who lied under oath. God forbid .

Donmarrius:
...“Our eyes are now open.

This said it all.

Our brothers are no longer blind.

If any of you believes Barcanista's rants on Nairaland,then such a person must be a fool.real men are now talking

fyneboi79:
how has hopelessness become meaningful nowThese men will end up in jail soonest. Who is denying their dull brother a chance for second tenure?The electorate.And they are crying

Donmarrius:
[s][/s]Go jail them,until then,never qoute me again.