Emmanuel Thomas l Wednesday, August 02, 2017
LAGOS, Nigeria – The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has dissociated itself from what it called hypocritical Press Conference called on Monday, July 31st, 2017 in Abuja by the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF).
In a statement, Spokesman for MEND, Jomo Gbomo said PANDEF, led by elder statesmen Chief Edwin Clark and His Royal Highness King Alfred Diette -Spiff, lack the moral justification in giving an ultimatum to the Federal Government and making demands they never made from Goodluck Jonathan when he was at the helm for 6 wasted years.
“Instead of listening to the so-called Niger Delta activists and the compromised Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) who have miraculously regained the voices they lost when Jonathan was President, and instead of issuing threats through fake internet-based militant groups, PANDEF ought to have used the forum and opportunity to commend the Federal Government for exposing the monumental looting of our commonwealth by some sons and daughters of the soil starting from the former President, his wife Patience, cousins, relatives and cronies and so many other traitors; down to the mind boggling theft by Dieziani Allison-Madueke, who empowered others while her people lived in squalor and abject poverty”, MEND said.
It added that PANDEF is also pretending not to notice that the Amnesty Program is still operating on the corrupt template that still pays ghost militants after it hoodwinked the government into believing in the fraud.
“A program that has neglected the children of the dead freedom fighters and those in prison, for those that never made any sacrifice is cursed”, MEND said.
It noted that in view of irreconcilable differences, “MEND hereby recalls its representatives in PANDEF for consultation with immediate effect”, the group said.
