The Presidency, in a
statement in Abuja on
Thursday has dismissed
the alleged endorsement
of General Muhammadu
Buhari, the APC candidate in the Feb. 14
presidential election by
the Movement for the
Emancipation of the
Niger Delta (MEND). The Special Adviser to
the President on Media
and Publicity, Dr Reuben
Abati, described the
reported endorsement
as a poisoned chalice. Abati who mentioned
that the attacks by MEND
on President Goodluck
were mischievous and
baseless advised Buhari
not to “place stock on an endorsement from a
convicted criminal and
his group who harbour
evil intentions against
the unity and progress of
their country”.
See Excerpts detailed: “We have noted with amusement, the vituperations against
Jonathan by the
renegade faction of
MEND headed by the convicted terrorist, Henry
Okah, in a statement. “The statement was issued to endorse the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. We thank all people of Niger
Delta, including the
former militants whom
MEND claims to represent
and who have already
disassociated themselves from the statement
issued by the faceless
Jomo Gbomo. “We thank them for reaffirming their unflinching support for Jonathan’s re-election
bid. We will like to state
that the latest assault on the president by Henry
Okah and his stooges
does not come as a
surprise to us at all. “It was very much to be
expected, coming as it
did from an individual
and group who had
never hidden their
vengeful personal animosity against the
president. “They have even gone to
the extent of launching
murderous assaults on
venues at which the
president was present
on two occasions. It is regrettable that rather
than show remorse for
terrorist acts against
Nigeria for which he is
serving a term of
imprisonment in South Africa, Okah continues to
pursue personal
vendetta against
Jonathan. “This is a president who
continues to advance
and protect the interests
of the people of the
Niger Delta which Okah
and his group threatened with their
misguided actions,” he said.
Abati said it was well
known that the president played a
significant role in ending
the militancy and insurgency in the Niger Delta. “All patriotic and right-thinking Nigerians must consider an
endorsement from a
convicted criminal and
his group who harbour evil intentions against
the unity and progress of
their country as a
poisoned chalice. “Jonathan would never have accepted such an endorsement from terrorists and renegades.
The president, therefore,
advises Buhari not to place any stock on his
purported endorsement
by the renegade faction
of MEND.
“It is common
knowledge that this
faction is led by a
convicted and
unrepentant terrorist
with whom no leader who truly means well for
Nigeria should be
associated,” Abati said.
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