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| Niger Delta Militants |
In the past months, we have watched
with great interest, the plot by political stakeholders to wrest political
power by any means possible from Dr Goodluck Jonathan. We have seen an alliance
of very strange bedfellows including sons of the Niger Delta and people who
have been strong beneficiaries of the agitation of the Niger Delta.We have seen
the resources of Rivers State deployed to undermine a Presidency led by Dr
Jonathan, a son of the Niger Delta. We have also seen the corrupt earnings of a
former Governor of Bayelsa State being used to oil the violent political
machinery of General Muhammadu Buhari. We have seen all that.
On January 21, 2015, the
presidential convoy of Dr Goodluck Jonathan GCFR, President of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria was attacked by politically sponsored thugs of the APC
presidential candidate. Thankfully, the President escaped unhurt.
It is unfortunate that President
Jonathan does not appear to understand what is at stake in the game of
political leadership over the Nigerian state. It is time for him so see that
peaceful rhetorics like "my ambition is not the blood of any Nigerian'
does not matter to some especially for those who have enjoyed a military
background that includes coup d'etats, defence sabotage and political vandalism.
We declare and warn in very strong
terms, that any further attack on the President in any Northern state will lead
to violence, bloodshed and destruction like never before witnessed in the
history of Black Africa.
It is important to note that even as
we have our grudges with President Jonathan, it is sacrilegious to attack an
illustrious son of the Niger Delta. We will neither forgive nor forget.
For too long now, the people of the
Niger Delta have been raped and overly wronged by the so-call Northern hegemony
who have today found an alliance with a power hungry bloc from the South West
region in their rabid quest to wrest power from a son of the Niger Delta who
continues to refuse to accept the real issues at stake and still believes that
humility and meekness is a virtue in 21st Century Nigeria.
In the next few weeks, in line with
emerging and evolving realities, we will begin to do what we think is right.
Any one who is part of the plot to undermine Dr Jonathan will be punished in
what will be tagged "Operation Locust Feast".
At the moment, we urge all
combatants in the Niger Delta to continue to exercise restraint in the face of
the continued provocative persecution on Dr Jonathan. Those who think that we
have lost our capacity for nauseous nuisance value must be made to see that the
chicken has come to roost and that push has indeed come to shove.
The Nigerian state might just never
be the same again.
The time has come.
Joshua Gowa
Spokesperson
Movement for the Liberation of the
Niger Delta(MELINDA)
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