Reacting to the violent Islamic Boko Haram threat on the President, Spokesman of the defunct Niger Delta Liberation Force (NDLF), a former militant group in the creek of delta, Capt. Mark Anthony warned Boko Haram to mind its utterances in the interest of peace.
Also, the Founding Director of Ijaw Council for Human Rights (ICHR) Patterson Ogon, while reacting to the Boko Haram threat on President Jonathan said, “Boko Haram has continued as though they have the licence to kill. Threatening the life of the President is taking the matter beyond any imaginable limit.
In his own reaction, National Chairman of South South Element Progressives Union (SSEPU), Mr. Joseph Ambakederimo said, “We think the Boko Haram are gradually coming out behind the curtain to avail Nigerians of the real motive of the group after all.”
The ex Niger delta chief described as an affront on the sensibilities of ex militants in the Niger Delta who have had over 10 years of violent confrontations with the Nigerian Army under the Joint Task Force warning that any attempt to harm the President would spell doom for the nation.
In a statement entitled, “Boko Haram, Mind Your Utterances, N/Delta Ex-militants warned,” the group said, “The attention of the leadership of Niger Delta Liberation Force (NDLF) has been drawn to the ranting of Islamist militants Boko Haram leadership utterances of planning to bring President Goodluck Jonathan’s democratically elected government to an end in three months.
“We viewed this statement as an affront on the sensibilities of Niger Delta ex-militants who have had several face to face gun confrontations with the Nigerian army under the Joint Task Force over ten years.
“We are warning the entire northern leaders to advise their children to be mindful of their actions and utterances as any attempt on President Goodluck Jonathan’s life shall spell doom for the entire nation. We will resist violently because we have said it over again and again that the Presidency for the South-South was a sympathy vote by the entire country to appease Niger Delta ex-militants and the region over federal government criminal abandonment of region’s oil and gas wealth being exploited over 50 years.”
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