Just as it correctly located the true origins and sponsors of the ND Avenger renegades at its S'South Solidarity Rally in Edo State last week.
Amongst other important declarations, at the Communique of the South South APC leaders and stakeholders issued on Friday, 3rd of June, 2016, at Benin stated as follows:
"The [South South] zone notes the upsurge of renewed militancy in the area, especially the activities of a group that calls itself "Niger Delta Avengers." The zone unequivocally condemns the destructive activities of this group in its entirety.
THE ZONE IS COCK-SURE THAT THE NEFARIOUS AND RUINOUS ACTIVITIES OF THE "AVENGERS" ARE NOT DRIVEN BY ANY PATRIOTIC AND ALTRUISTIC IMPULSE; RATHER, WE HAVE COMPELLING REASONS TO STRONGLY ASSERT THAT THESE ACTIVITIES ARE SPONSORED AND INSTIGATED BY THE OPPOSITION PDP TO DERAIL AND FRUSTRATE THE APC GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI BECAUSE OF ITS DETERMINATION TO FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION, STABILISE AND PUT OUR COUNTRY ON THE PATH OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT."
N'Delta Governors Want Corruption Charges Dropped Across the Region before Oil Pipeline Attacks Stops
Governors of the South-South region who met with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the State House today called for a majority of the corruption cases in the region to be dropped by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), SaharaReporters has learned. The meeting was attended by Governors of Edo, Ondo, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Bayelsa, Abia, as well as the Deputy Governor of Cross River.
Our source, who was at the meeting, said that only the Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole and the deputy Governor of Cross River opposed the others, who singled out the federal government’s anti-corruption initiative as the reason why Niger Delta Avengers are blowing up pipelines in the region.
Speaking one after the other, the governors reportedly asked the Federal government to drop charges against former militants accused of corruption. They also want the EFCC to stop investigating the campaign fund scam which has so far revealed how former President Goodluck Jonathan shared funds meant that were meant for combating Boko Haram among his People’s Democratic Party functionaries.
Our correspondents also learned that the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, was curiously on the side of the South-South governors who want corruption charges and all forms of corruption investigations against the Niger Delta politicians discontinued.
The Governor of Delta, Patrick Okota, reportedly obtained a two-week ceasefire from the Niger Delta Avengers before arriving at the meeting but did not disclose it because he was uncomfortable that the Vice President wasn’t disposed to the idea.
SaharaReporters learnt that through his Deputy, Mr. Okowa had extensive meetings with the Niger Delta Avengers, pointing out that it was evident that he and other South South governors knew who the militants were as he spoke at the meeting.
The source further stated that if the terms pushed by the South South Governors are fully adopted by the Buhari regime, his anti-corruption fight will die prematurely in all of the South South states. He said that from the tone of the meeting, it was clear that the Niger Delta Avengers and their activities are being funded by politicians in the region with the objective of halting Buhari’s anti-corruption war.
A press statement issued at the end of the meeting by the Vice-President’s office indicated that the federal government was represented at the meeting by the Minister of Defense, Rtd. Major General Mohammed Dan Ali; Niger Delta Affairs Minister, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani; and Dr. Kachikwu.
Also in attendance were military service chiefs, led by the Chief of Defence Staff, Lt.Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin
In the light of the declared position and treacherous pronouncement of the PDP governors to the effect that the APC Federal Government must stop the EFCC from further investigating and prosecuting heavily corrupt South South PDP politicians who heartlessly looted our common patrimony, it is crystal clear to all that APC leaders in the South South correctly located the true origins and sponsors of the ND Avenger renegade.
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