MOVEMENT for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) on Monday, announced a seven-member team, led by Mr Odein Ajumogobia, a former Minister of Petroleum, to dialogue with the Federal Government on the present unrest in the Niger Delta region.
In a statement by its spokesperson, Jomo Gbomo, MEND reportedly
said in an online statement on Monday that other members of the group, tagged,
“ Aaron Team 2”, are Bismark Rewane (Delta) and Chief Florence Ita-Giwa (Cross
River). The rest are Timipa Jenkins Okponipere (Bayelsa), Ibanga Isine (Akwa Ibom),
Ledum Mitee (Rivers) and Lawson Omokhodion (Edo ).
He said the team was made up of patriotic and selfless
men and women with good track records and character drawn from different parts
of the Niger Delta region adding that other members of the team would come on
board when necessary.
However, the spokesman stated the group took the decision
following ex-President Goodluck Jonathan`s Democracy Day speech, nevertheless
noted that the problems and challenges facing the region after attacks on key
installations were environmental pollution and political corruption.
“Our message to the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) is simple:
The Niger Delta struggle is beyond attacks on oil installations.
“If indeed your cause is to avenge the injustice done to
the Niger Delta region; then, we urge you to ceasefire and join us to the table
of negotiation with the Federal Government.
“Otherwise, the Niger Delta struggle shall be hijacked,
once again by selfish interests for their own personal aggrandizement,” Gbomo
said.
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