Amgbare Ekaunkumo, Yenagoa
Ex-agitators under the aegis of the Ex-Agitators Foundation (EAF) has condemned in its totality the alleged plot by some disparate group to fuel the removal of the Presidential Amnesty Programme Coordinator, Major-General Barry Tariye Ndiomu (Rtd).
The group described the plot as evil and wicked while warning the perpetrators and sponsors of such despicable act to desist from it which according to them, is capable of causing disaffection amongst the stakeholders of the Programme and the Niger Delta region.
The Ex-agitators used the medium to call on the presidency to ignore such people who undermine the sound and progressive administration of the PAP boss for personal reasons while stressing that current amnesty boss remains one of the best things to have happened to the Niger Delta Region in recent times.
This was contained in a statement by the group and obtained by Our Correspondent in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, they noted that the Foundation is made up of 90% leaders of the First Phase Presidential Amnesty Program and its various state coordinators vows not sit back and watch mischief makers with their usual antics of blackmails to pull down the PAP Boss who with so much dreams and aspirations for the programme, its beneficiaries and Niger Delta at large.
The group in the statement passed vote of confidence on him and promised to work with him to actualize the dream of the programme in the region adding that Ndiomu has restored sanity and transparency and praised the PAP boss for the prompt payment of monthly stipends of ex-agitators.
The statement reads; “We, the Ex-Agitator acting under the aegis of the Ex-Agitators Foundation (EAF), a registered entity, are shocked and saddened by the desperate moves of the Movement for the Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta (MSDND), a mushroom group, aimed at tarnishing the shining image and office of the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, (PAP), Major-General Barry Tariye Ndiomu (Rtd).
“We condemn in entirety MSDND’s sinister and evil plot to force Federal Government to remove General Ndiomu from the leadership of PAP over his chairmanship work with the Special Investigative “Panel (SIP) on oil theft in the Niger Delta. We will like to use this opportunity to warn other perpetrators and sponsors to desist from such despicable acts capable of causing disaffection amongst the stakeholders of the Programme and the Niger Delta region.
“Maj.Gen. Barry Ndiomu (Rtd) is a man of integrity and we have full confidence in his ability to make the ex-agitators of the amnesty programme self-sufficient and well-rounded citizens of our beloved nation.
“Since his inception into office, the retired but not tired General has had multiple productive interfaces with government and corporate agencies to ensure proper reintegration of delegates of the Presidential Amnesty Programme. He has also ensured prompt and regular payments of stipends and allowances of Amnesty beneficiaries.”
