Gov. Fayose,the governor of Ekit in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinkasaid the president’s failure to attend the flag-off of the clean-up Ogoni project thursday, because of the threat from the Niger Delta militants was a demonstration that the President had surrendered to the superior powers of the militants.
His Words;
“Now that the president has surrendered to the threat and intimidation of the Niger Delta Avengers, he should emulate late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua by having a roundtable talks with the Niger Delta militants.“By not going to Ogoni today, because of threat from the NDA, our president has shown that he is actually afraid of the militants and the best thing to do in a situation like this is to dialogue with the militants so as to save Nigeria economy from imminent collapse.“It also shows that the president’s ability to secure Nigeria and its people is doubtful, because if the president could succumb to threat from militants and abandon his official function for his deputy, ordinary Nigerians should seek help elsewhere.“The president should therefore save Nigeria the agony of military misadventure in the Niger Delta by holding dialogue with the militants with a view to resolving their grievances.”Fayose also reiterated that “the Niger Delta region as at today is still the golden goose laying the golden egg on which all other regions are surviving.“Diversification as good as it sounds, takes time. We need to appreciate these regions as our only source of income,” he added.
I don't that his absence was cause of a threat,because he sent a representative. Atleast,if he was scared he would have canceled the entire trip. Cause he won't send his VP to a place that's not safe. I mean if they will attack Buhari,they will attack his VP as well,just as a means of sending a message. And i really doubt that the 'militants' will bomb their Governor.
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