By Sampson Boroh
The defunct Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA) has once again urged President Muhammadu Buhari to ignore calls for the sack of the Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme , Professor Charles Dokubo.
RNDA, coalition of the nine militant groups that accepted the federal government ceasefire agreement, noted that those calling for the removal of Dokubo were being used by persons to forment troubles and cause fresh unrest in the Niger Delta region.
The group in a protest letter to President Buhari on Tuesday hinted that the alleged removal was already sending wrong signals to agitated youths of the Niger Delta region and provoking anger that may disrupt the peace achieved in the last few years in the region.
A statement issued at a meeting presided over by its leader, Johnmark Ezon Ebi also known as ‘General Obama’, appealed to Buhari to call alleged presidency officials said to be working with some stakeholders in the region to order to avoid fresh crisis in the region.
It threatened that it will resist such negative moves by any means necessary in totality and will hunt those behind such devilish moves with all the arsenal within our possession not minding the negative impact such action will have in the entire creek of the region, ‘ because those who are behind the move are enemies to the peace and development of Niger Delta, more so are the true enemies to President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti corruption fight in the country.’
According to the group, “The Reformed Niger Delta Avengers RNDA with coalition of nine militant groups that accepted the ceasefire agreement for peace and dialogue in the creeks expressed shock that the same power drunk corrupt minded criminal personalities without any good track record without any knowledge on conflict resolution with low pedigree wants to take over the Amnesty programme.
“This same people that even worked against President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election in their various wards and local government areas that collected huge amount of monies running into millions of naira from the Governor of Bayelsa State and that of Delta state that does not have any pedigree are trying to rear their ugly heads.
“And it is obvious that these categories of persons, who are professional liars and blackmailer’s are bent on deceiving the Presidential staff in the villa to get what they want just for their selfish purposes to work against President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti corruption fight in this administration in other to divert the funds meant for the Amnesty program into their pockets.”
On the performance of the Presidential Amnesty Committee led by the Chairman, Professor Charlse Dokubo, the coalition of militant group under the aegis of RNDA, commended the amnesty office for transforming the program with creative innovations, “including the a restructured, reorganized and sanitized processes with prompt and regular payment of ex militants’ monthly stipends, proper training and empowerment schemes to include women in the rural areas who suffered most from the crises in the creek of Niger Delta.”
Dokubo , according to the group, should be commended for working tirelessly to transform the Amnesty program, “it is on record that Professor Charles Dokubo led amnesty program has produced one of the best brains in different universities with first class degree both at home and in diaspora including first class pilots in the aviation industry.
“Professor Charles Dokubo has properly utilized the little resources available to the office without any form diversion of funds and no money laundry case has established against him unlike his predecessors Kingsley KuKu who diverted billions of naira meant for the Amnesty program in foreign currencies in collaboration with Mr Allen Oyema the MD of air peace, and therefore Prof Charles Dokubo should be highly commendable for his transparency and working hard to transform the Amnesty program and to reorganized it to is original standard of establishment in 2009.”
