Don’t Intimidate Jonathan, Ex-militants Warn Northern Leaders

Atiku Abubakar, Former Vice President

Ex- Niger Delta militants Thursday warned against any form of intimidation of President Goodluck Jonathan by northern leaders.

The former MEND commanders warning is coming against the background of the fresh bombing campaigns of oil infrastructure (Agip oil) in the Niger Delta and threats of further  bombings of Lagos and Abuja by 'MEND’. which they believe is being masterminded by anti-Jonathan group in the north.

The spokesman of the group Sobomabo Jackrick, aka General Egberipapa, said Babangida, Atiku and members of the NPFL were engaging in activities aimed at destabilizing the present administration. It alleged that some northern politicians were behind the bombing campaigns  rocking the country allegedly carried out by ‘MEND’.

The group  comprising Government Okpehu aka Tompolo, Boyloaf, General Egberipapa among others, said MEND had ceased  to exist the moment they embraced the amnesty programme of the Federal Government under late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, stating that any other ‘MEND’ was a decoy by  alleged Northern politicians designed to divert attention from the real culprits.

They warned that  any attempt to destabilise the  government of President Jonathan would be strongly resisted as Northern  politicians who still think that sabotaging Jonathan’s government would give  them access to Niger Delta oil would be in for a surprise as that would not be  allowed to happen.

“Northern leaders like Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Ibrahim Babangida are using this  so called MEND to destabilise President Jonathan’s administration and we are  watching them. If they think they can destabilise Jonathan’s government, they  should be in for a shocker as we are prepared to ensure that oil from the Niger Delta will not be accessible to them anymore.

“The reason we went to the creeks is to fight a cause, the criminal  marginalistion of the Niger Delta region and these issues are being addressed  especially with the appointment of Mr Kingsley Kuku as the Special Adviser to  the President on Niger Delta Affairs.