The
Reformed Niger Delta Avengers has insisted that former President,
Goodluck Jonathan is the grand patron of the Niger Delta Avengers,
threatening to reveal more sordid details about his connection with the
militant group.
In a statement signed by Cynthia Whyte, the spokesperson for the
Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA), and made exclusively available to DailyPost,
the splinter group of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), has insisted that
former President Goodluck Jonathan is the grand patron of the militant
group, and threatened to reveal more sordid details about his connection
with the Avengers.
The group who detailed how NDA was formed with the sole objective
of taking over from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta
(MEND) and countering their activities, said it understands why
Goodluck Jonathan publicly denied the NDA.
Read the full statement below;
”To cut a long story short, NDA was formed to counter MEND but
failed. The statement, however, said that the RNDA is not surprised that
the alleged grand patron of the NDA, former President Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan has distanced himself from the NDA.
”It therefore did not come to the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers
(RNDA) as a surprise that the Grand Patron of the Niger Delta Avengers
(NDA), former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has distanced himself
from the NDA.
”Like every sponsor, sympathizer and operative earlier
mentioned who has equally denied links with the Avengers, we can
understand the wisdom behind their decision; as their participation was
always meant to be covert.
”After a clandestine meeting in Otuoke, Bayelsa state in 2014
between the Grand Patron and several unidentified persons ahead of the
Presidential election campaign of 2015, it was agreed that the Okah
brothers should be contacted to reach out to the Movement for the
Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) to endorse former President
Goodluck Jonathan, and work with the group of persons to ensure victory
for the PDP and President Jonathan.
”At the time, because MEND was the suggested tool, the NDA as a
body was not yet formed. Mr Kingsley Kuku and Mr. Gordon Obuah, SA on
Niger Delta and Chief Security Officer to President Jonathan,
respectively were selected to visit Charles Okah in Kuje prison. Mr
Daniel Alabrah was given the assignment to draft an endorsement
statement for Charles Okah to go through and pass on to MEND.
”The duo reported back that they had visited Okah in Kuje
prison at night with the promise of his release along with others should
he cooperate to get MEND to endorse Jonathan.
”It therefore came as a shock when MEND did the opposite and
endorsed Buhari. Mr. Jonathan was livid with anger and swore that the
Okah’s would rot in prison.
”It was also agreed that a show of force be put up in Yenagoa,
Bayelsa state where ex-militants led by Government Ekpemupolo and
Kingsley Kuku would threaten war should the electorate vote in Buhari’s
favour.
”It was around that period the idea of forming the Niger Delta
Avengers was conceived. In fact the name “Avengers” came from the lips
of Goodluck Jonathan.
”As election day approached, certain stakeholders were
mobilized to form a force to standby and ensure total anarchy in the
South-South and South-East within 24 hours if the election results were
not favourable to Jonathan. It took everyone by surprise to learn that
Mr Jonathan had conceded defeat even before the final results were
released. The standby force who were to attack specific targets were
told to stand down. They were all compensated in US dollars cash.
”The Niger Delta Avengers was born from the failure at the
polls and would now be used as an organ to make the Buhari government
ungovernable, bring economic hardship and cause hatred for the
administration towards failure at the 2019 general elections.
”MEND was aware of this plot through a spy that could not be
identified, and the group began its campaign to counter every effort of
the NDA and the Biafra agitators to this day. MEND has been a thorn in
the flesh because MEND’s successful propaganda has caused the split in
our ranks today.
”If former President Jonathan provokes us further with denials
of this revelation, we will reveal more sordid details. The prison
authorities in Kuje who witnessed the closed door meeting from the
outside can attest to that night visit of November 2014.”
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