A former leader of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Chief Kemeizompoukomumor Ayuba, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to dialogue with new Niger Delta militant groups in the interest of peace and national co-existence.
Ayuba, who styled himself as one of the founding leaders of MEND, in a statement made available to our correspondent, told the Federal Government that those opposed to dialogue were not doing the present administration any good.
According to him, if the present situation is not well handled by the President, it could snowball into a major crisis noting that the crisis has both spiritual and physical undertone.
He stated that what the militants, especially the Niger Delta Avengers, demanding is not different from what they fought for between 2001 and 2009 before they were acceded to the Presidential Amnesty Programme.
Ayuba posited, “I’ve been thinking since the renewed militancy in the Niger Delta region started and investigations revealed that this problem is both spiritual and physical; if not well handled there will be disaster in no distant time. Development of the region must be seen as a priority.”
Ayuba, who styled himself as one of the founding leaders of MEND, in a statement made available to our correspondent, told the Federal Government that those opposed to dialogue were not doing the present administration any good.
According to him, if the present situation is not well handled by the President, it could snowball into a major crisis noting that the crisis has both spiritual and physical undertone.
He stated that what the militants, especially the Niger Delta Avengers, demanding is not different from what they fought for between 2001 and 2009 before they were acceded to the Presidential Amnesty Programme.
Ayuba posited, “I’ve been thinking since the renewed militancy in the Niger Delta region started and investigations revealed that this problem is both spiritual and physical; if not well handled there will be disaster in no distant time. Development of the region must be seen as a priority.”
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