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PROMINENT elders, leaders and groups in the Niger Delta have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to create a platform to listen to the grievances of the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, the militant group blowing up oil facilities in the region, and impartially deal with their demands to avoid winning the war and losing the battle. They disagreed with Buhari’s directive to the armed forces to crush the suspected militants and “no negotiation” posture of the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Gabriel Olonisakin, saying the Commander-in-Chief should facilitate a responsive environment to win their confidence and pull them to the dialogue table.

Meanwhile, this view on dialogue with the militants, who have been described in some quarters as criminals, is yet to gain traction with many leaders in the country. Olonisakin had declared in Lagos, last week: “There are better ways to air their grievances than the way they go about it. The right way is to get necessary permit and protest. If they are violent, we will not take it lightly with them.”

The Niger Delta elders, however, did not see any justification for the self-proclaimed outlaws, whose chief objective is to cripple oil production in the country to zero and, thereafter, declare a Republic of Niger Delta with its sovereign government, currency and flag in October – some four months away. From First Republic Information Minister and S/South elder, Chief Edwin Clark, to the immediate past Delta State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, former Minister of Police Affairs, Alaowei Brodrick Bozimo, former Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Pastor Power Ziakede Aginighan, Secretary-General of the United Niger Delta Economic Development Security Strategy (UNDEDSS), Mr. Tony Uranta, Col. Dedis Abel (retd.), Chief of Staff to the Special Adviser to President Buhari on the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Gen Paul Boroh (retd), Dr. Chris Ekiyor and Ann Kio Briggs, these leaders expressed views that could assist in providing a solution to the problems of militancy in the region.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/06/ssouth-leaders-buhari-stop-niger-delta-avengers/

Every aggrieved Nigerian has the opportunity of petitioning the Legislature through his Senator or Member of the House of Representatives. In fact there is a Committee on public petitions. These legislators were not elected to drink Champaign and collect wardrobe allowance. They are the authentic representatives of the people, with the responsibility to check the excesses of the Executive. Buhari cannot negotiate with every Nigerian who decides to buy a gun or explosive.

kITATITA:
Every aggrieved Nigerian has the opportunity of petitioning the Legislature through his Senator or Member of the House of Representatives. In fact there is a Committee on public petitions. These legislators were not elected to drink Champaign and collect wardrobe allowance. They are the authentic representatives of the people, with the responsibility to check the excesses of the Executive. Buhari cannot negotiate with every Nigerian who decides to buy a gun or explosive.

hmmmm

Especially not the notorious ones who everybody knows they want money

We've been there before , we shouldn't fall for it again

kITATITA:
Every aggrieved Nigerian has the opportunity of petitioning the Legislature through his Senator or Member of the House of Representatives. In fact there is a Committee on public petitions. These legislators were not elected to drink Champaign and collect wardrobe allowance. They are the authentic representatives of the people, with the responsibility to check the excesses of the Executive. Buhari cannot negotiate with every Nigerian who decides to buy a gun or explosive.

By the way , your head is very correct . Nice writeup

kITATITA:
Every aggrieved Nigerian has the opportunity of petitioning the Legislature through his Senator or Member of the House of Representatives. In fact there is a Committee on public petitions. These legislators were not elected to drink Champaign and collect wardrobe allowance. They are the authentic representatives of the people, with the responsibility to check the excesses of the Executive. Buhari cannot negotiate with every Nigerian who decides to buy a gun or explosive.

Tyrannical Buhari has made the Judiciary and Legislature his apron string so all these your petitioning and repetitioning will not work as you Abookies have been fighting against resource control for years with you bloated numbers in the legislature. You seem to understand force, force and only force and you will get it.

Tyranical governments must not be allowed to have a monopoly of violence.~ Vulu