By Cletus Opukeme, Warri
The leadership of the Niger Delta Advocate for Peace, Good Governance and Anti Corruption Network, has described allegations by some ex-militants against the leadership of the current Federal Amnesty boss,Major General Barry Tariye Ndiomu (Rtrd), as false and misleading, noting that he is doing well and should be applauded.
The National Coordinator of the Group,General Fiawei Pathfinder who conveyed the meeting with the Deputy National Coordinator, Comrade Bekes Apere and National Secretary, Sir AK Peters at an emergency meeting in the the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Abuja frowned at the protesters describing their action as inhuman and callous.
According to the group,the protesters under the guise of ex militants are among those currently under serious investigation by the office of the National Security Adviser over their alleged role on the issue of multiple accounts tied to one Bank Verification Number BVN, which is a fraudulent and financial crime which is punishable by law.
“As ex militants leaders,stakeholders and Advocate For Peace, Good Governance and Anti corruption Crusaders who are watchdogs and closely monitors the activities of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, NDDC and other federal Agencies initiated by the federal government in the region, and we cannot fold our hands and allow fraudulent practices that has kept the program to standstill, which is undermining the mandate of the programme as well as keep quiet when supposed beneficiaries are directly involved in an organized fraudulent financial crime of this nature.
The group accused some prominent politicians with corrupt toga, from Bayelsa State as sponsors and brain behind the protest and series of false cheap blackmails in a bid to discredit the credible tremendous laudable good works of the PAP Interim Administrator, who had embarked on a journey to respositioned, restructured reorganized sanitized and transformed the programme for effective service delivery noting that their intention was to take over the PAP office in order to syphon funds for their selfish interest and as to enable them fund their governorship ambition now that, the governorship elections of Bayelsa state is around the corner, describing them as unpatriotic wicked,self serving interest.
