Former member of the Delta Waterways Security Committee, DWSC, Warri, Delta State and ex-Itsekiri warlord, Comrade Omolubi Newuwumi, popularly called the ‘Gentle General,’ has frowned at the federal government’s plans to dialogue with militants in the oil rich Niger Delta region.
Commenting on the plan to negotiate with the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, the ex-warlord said it is just a pity that the Nigeria government has concluded arrangements to negotiate with them just like the amnesty deal.
He said, “But to me, it is very unfortunate, especially with some of the conditions in their demands like the release of Col Sambo Dasuki (retd) and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu , which has no bearing whatsoever with the Niger Delta struggle.
“Well, let them negotiate with them; let us see what their demands are really and the persons behind the masquerade.
“It will also let us know or confirm if the person they said Ayiri is pointing fingers at is behind the whole arrangement.
“However, beyond all these, the question on my mind are who do they want to negotiate with, for whom are they negotiating and is it for the ethnic nationalities of the Niger Delta or for only the Ijaw?
“Who are those to go there to negotiate with government? In whose interest, I do not think the negotiations will work because already the components of the formation of the group, NDA, is faulty, their demands are faulty and did not articulate all the demands of the Niger Delta people.
“Just like the amnesty program, which made some individuals super rich and a particular ethnic group very rich, the negotiation is bound to fail unless the Federal Government do what is right for the people of the Niger Delta,” he concluded.
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