Those Who Accuse Me Of Sponsoring Boko Haram Are Mad, Jonathan Screams

January 29, 2015

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that those who have been accusing him of being behind the Boko Haram insurgency in Adamawa State in particular and North East in general are mad people.

“Only mad people will accuse me of executing such dastardly act against his people,” Jonathan screamed when he addressed a Presidential campaign rally in Yola, capital of Adamawa state today.

He swore that he had no reason to sponsor the killing of children, women and the aged as, according to him, he had nothing to benefit from such deleterious actions.

He recalled that in the last election, he secured more than 65 per cent of the votes in the state, twice the votes he got from his home state, Bayelsa, adding that even from a political standpoint, killing of Adamawa people would amount to political suicide.
“In 2011, I had two times the number of votes I had in Bayelsa State. Why should I want to reduce that number of votes?” Mr. Jonathan queried. “Only a mad person can insinuate that the president is supporting Boko Haram.”

The President expressed sympathy for the people on the scale of terror unleashed on the state by Boko Haram insurgents, even as he promised that Adamawa would be the first among the three states that would be completely liberated from the insurgents.

He said that Michika which is one of the remaining two local governments in the hands of the insurgents has been liberated, saying: “we are totally committed to the liberation of Adamawa state,” he said. “Adamawa will be the first state that will be freed. As we are talking to you Michika Local Government area has been recaptured by our gallant soldiers. The remaining local government, Madagali will, insha Allah, be recaptured very soon.

“We are totally committed to Adamawa and it will be the first state that will be liberated. I feel so burdened about the excesses of Boko Haram.”

The president said that because of his concerns for the victims of the insurgency, his government has floated some mitigating measures such as the Safe Schools Initiative, victims support funds and other measures to cushion the suffering the victims were going through.

He promised to make massive investment in Agriculture and other key sectors for the rapid development of the state.
He enjoined the people to massively vote their gubernatorial candidate, Nuhu Ribadu, for development to be solidly rooted in the state.

“I knew him when I was a deputy governor and as a governor I monitored him till today. He has unique attributes. I believe he will join us to fight insecurity in Adamawa state.”

He said that Ribadu has the energy, intellectual capacity and wide range of network across the globe to rout Boko Haram insurgency. [myad]

Kingsley Kuku Disowns Asari Dokubo, Tompolo, Others Over Call For War

Greenbarge Reporters

January 29, 2015

Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Kingsley Kuku, has made it clear that the meeting, which held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State with Governor Seriake Dickson, and him in attendance did not discuss about going to war if President Goodluck Jonathan loses February election, but that it was called to ensure the prevalence of peace in the society rather than a forum to threaten violence.

Reacting to the call by a former Minister of Defence, Lt. General Theophilus Danjuma, for the arrest of ex-militant leaders of the Niger Delta over their alleged threat to go to war if President Goodluck Jonathan loses the next election, Kuku said the leader of the defunct Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Mujahadeen Dokubo-Asari, who issued the threat after a meeting, spoke his “personal opinion.”

The President special adviser, who is also the Chairman, Presidential Amnesty Programme, explained that the former militant leaders were invited to Yenagoa to hold talks on how to handle the tension caused by the recent attacks on the President in Katsina and Bauchi states during the ongoing presidential campaigns in those states.

He was not happy with the way General Danjuma rushed to the media to call for the arrest of Dokubo, Tompolo, saying that he should have sought for clarification on what transpired at the meeting.

The meeting, he emphasized, was held to douse the threat by some Niger Delta youths to retaliate the attack on the President in the two northern states, adding: “the meeting, which was called by a governor, could not have called for war. Only a section of the media heard Asari calling for war. We called the meeting of all ex-militants who were preparing to respond to the alleged attack of Jonathan in Katsina and Bauchi.

“They were about to react but we held the meeting to douse the tension. We tried to explain to them that what they heard happened in Katsina and Bauchi was untrue. It is true that Asari was angry and had threatened to fight back.

“I advised the other agitators not to react. What Asari said was his personal opinion. I read the resolution and there was no call for war in the communique read.

“There was nothing like calling for war during the meeting; I’m sure Danjuma did not get his facts right. I will call him and explain the situation of things to him.”

Kuku challenged leaders in the North to take the bold decision to come out against the members of the Boko Haram sect, stressing that the fear of the military uniform would not stop terrorists attacks in the area.

“The North Eastern leaders, former heads of state, governors, senators, political leaders must come out against Boko Haram. They are the only people that can come out to say enough is enough.

“People fear the military uniform but it does not stop terrorists attack. When leaders play politics with insurgency, they will not see the end of it.”

Meanwhile, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a. Tompolo, has reiterated his recent declaration that President Goodluck Jonathan must win next month’s election for Nigeria to continue to stay together.

Tompolo, who was also reacting to General Danjuma’s call for his arrest, asked: “where was Danjuma when Mallam Ciroma Adamu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, and the Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, made inciting statements about making Nigeria ungovernable.

The ex-Niger Delta militant queried why President Jonathan’s convoy was stoned in Katsina and Bauchi States while General Buhari had a peaceful outing when he campaigned in the Niger-Delta states. [myad]

Vice President Sambo Turns Buhari’s Special Adviser: It’s Suicidal To Personally Fight Boko Haram

Greenbarge Reporters

January 29, 2015

Vice-President Mohammed Namadi Sambo has offered a special advise to the Presidential candidate of opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari that his plan to personally lead the war against members of Boko Haram if he wins the February Presidential election will be suicidal.

Namadi Sambo who gave the advice at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Rally in Yola, Adamawa state today, said that his advice was against the backdrop of the advice given to Buhari by his presidential running mate to personally lead the war against Boko Haram if elected President in next month’s presidential election.

He therefore urged General Buhari to ignore the advice from his running mate, saying that any attempt by Buhari to lead such war would amount to a “suicide mission” in view of his age.

The Vice President suggested that APC should allow President Jonathan to continue to adopt what he called “a more scientific and modern” warfare in tackling the menace of the Boko Haram insurgency.

“I want to seize this opportunity to draw our attention to a publication, last week, credited to the vice-presidential candidate of the APC that their plan is to ask their presidential candidate, retired Major General Buhari, to lead the war against Boko Haram. I want to ask you a question, a retired 73-year-old General – can he run? No!

“Okay, let’s assume that he can run; how many metres can he run before he falls? The training of a General that retired in 1985 is it the same training that can address a modern war? No!

“Now we are fighting war with drones, with new ideas that our President, a PhD holder, a scientist that is using (his knowledge) to address the security issues of this country.”

Namadi Sambo added: “will he (Buhari) go with a suicidal proposal?”

He asked the electorate to support President Goodluck Jonathan, saying Jonathan is the answer to the nation’s security and the answer to its development.

Namadi Sambo reassured that the PDP-led administration would continue to do its best in addressing the nation’s security challenges across the country, adding that the President had earmarked funds for the completion of two hydro-power dams in Adamawa.

“I want to give you this good news that Mr President has approved the development and completion of Kiri Dam and Jada Dam.

“All these Dams will be provided with hydro-electricity power and an irrigation scheme, with which we are developing economic corridors in Adamawa state.

“In addition to that, in the transport sector, I have good news for you. Mr President has approved the dredging of River Benue.Very soon, we will have a river port and ships and boats from different parts of the world will be here in Yola.’’

The Vice President called on the electorate in the state to ensure that they obtain their PVCs to enable them to vote for President Goodluck Jonathan and all other PDP candidates in the Feb. 14 and 28 general elections.

In his remarks, a chieftain of the PDP and a former Minister, Senator Jubril Aminu, said Adamawa people had resolved to vote for Jonathana/Sambo ticket as well as other PDP candidates in the state during the February elections. [myad]

PDP Accuses APC Of Inciting Violence Ahead Of February Elections

Greenbarge Reporters

January 29, 2015

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation has accused All Progressives Congress (APC) of whipping up sentiments and inciting violence ahead of the scheduled February 14 and 28 general elections.

Director of Media and Publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode said in a statement today in Abuja that the APC’s penchant for propaganda and threat of violence is mind-boggling.

“We are not, at all, surprised about the false alarm raised by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the PDP-controlled Federal Government is planning to declare a six-month state of emergency across the land. It is characteristic of the opposition to make spurious allegations in the build-up to the scheduled February general elections.

“The APC’s penchant for propaganda and threat of violence is mind-boggling. The narrative weaved together by the opposition party is disingenuous and it shows how desperate it has become in its impossible bid to dislodge the PDP-controlled Federal Government.

“It is clear that the APC now knows full well that a crushing defeat awaits it at the February 14 presidential election; otherwise why would it embark on this flight of illusion about a purported plot by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to precipitate violence prelude to the declaration of a state of emergency?

“We state categorically that the PDP is ready for the February 14 presidential elections and all subsequent elections; and is therefore not party to any imagined ploy to postpone or cancel the election.

“At no time has the PDP ever had the power to postpone or cancel elections. Moreover, the PDP has been consistent in stating its readiness for the forthcoming elections.

“We urge our numerous supporters and indeed all Nigerians to discountenance the panic-driven shenanigans of the APC.

“The inalienable right of every eligible Nigerian to participate in the political process of our great country is guaranteed by the 1999 Constitution as amended and the relevant Electoral Laws.

“The PDP has neither the right nor inclination to dictate to anyone, including members of the opposition party, how he or she participates in the electoral process.

“If the APC is afraid that its presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari has fallen foul of the laws of the land, instead of crying wolf he should submit himself to the nearest police for interrogation and prosecution.

“We call on all Nigerians to be vigilant, because by its issuing this outlandish statement, the APC has unwittingly exposed its plot to whip up sentiments and incite the people to violence.

“The forthcoming election is not and should not be a do-or-die affair. We must state clearly that we are not impressed or in the least bit intimidated by their constant, boastful and empty threats. All the promises of violence in the world will not stop us from shaming them on February 14^th.

“The PDP is battle-ready and we are confident of victory in a free, fair and credible election on February 14 and 28.” [myad]

Beware, Jonathan’s Government Set To Plunge Nigeria Into Confusion By Scuttling February Elections, APC Raises Alarm

Greenbarge Reporters

January 29, 2015

All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Organisation has alerted the nation of what it called “a dastardly plot by the PDP and the President Jonathan-led government to scuttle the 2015 general elections.”
A statement by the Director of media and publicity for the APC Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mallam Garba Shehu today, disclosed that the government plans to use the subterfuge of the frivolous litigation by some people to get a court pronouncement (from one of the Presidency’s pliable Judges) to the effect that General Muhammadu Buhari – the APC presidential candidate – lied under oath in saying that the military had his certificate, whereas, the military had denied being in possession of the certificate.
Garba Shehu said that the arrangement is that the counter arguments by the APC candidate’s counsel would not matter because the particular Federal High Judge has been prepared to do a dirty hatchet job.
According to the APC Presidential campaign spokesman, the calculation of this plan is that the wicked pronouncement of disqualification of the APC candidate would precipitate spontaneous violent protests across the country.
Garba Shehu said this scenario would then make President Goodluck Jonathan, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2015 general election, to declare a six-month state of emergency across the land.
He disclosed that the three-week long strike action by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) was embarked upon on the prodding of the PDP-led Federal government as a way to stem any higher Court upturning of the lower Court pronouncement which ruled on President Jonathan’s eligibility to contest the February 14 election.
He said that the same trade Union has been procured to open the Court to allow for this Court Pronouncement in disqualifying General Buhari from contesting the election.
“We are aware of the intense desperation of the PDP-led Federal government of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan in desiring to retain political power at all costs despite his party’s overwhelming rejection by the Nigerian people, ahead of the 2015 general election.
“We have brought this wicked plot of the PDP-led government to the attention of Nigerians, from whom any government derives its legitimacy. Nigeria cannot be thrown into chaos because of the selfish and callous desire of a tiny cabal to goad the Nigerian people into its destructive path. The governance of the Nigerian people by any person or group of persons must have the assent of the Nigerian people.”
Garba Shehu then called on the International community to prevail on this obviously agitated presidency not to plunge the Nigerian State into avoidable intractable crisis. [myad]

Buhari Writes-Off BON Organised Presidential Debate, Says He Will Not Be Part Of It

Greenbarge Reporters

January 29, 2015

APC Presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari and his running mate, Yemi Osibajo,

Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari has written off the electioneering public debates on national television and radio, organised by the Broadcast Organisation of Nigeria (BON), saying that he and other APC candidates will not be featuring in it.
General Buhari, through the Director of media and publicity for the party’s Presidential campaign organisation, Mallam Garba Shehu said that there are evidences of what he called hidden bias and campaign of calumny against the party’s candidates by some key organisers of the programme.
According to him, contrary to the recently signed Abuja Peace Accord amongst the stakeholders in the February elections, the Nigeria Election Debate Group (NEDG) powered debate was fraught with fundamental errors from the outset, and its members have been clearly working against the corporate political interest of the party APC and its candidates.
The NEDG members, General Buhari stressed, are purely from government control media and composed mainly of agencies and allies of the incumbent People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) administration.
“A salutary inspection of the composition of NEGD brings into focus the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON), National Television Authority (NTA), Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) and the Africa Independent Television (AIT, owned by a PDP chieftain). And going by the avalanche of inflammatory statements, misinformation and blatant lies being propagated by some of these media against our Party and candidates contrary to the Koffi Annan brokered Abuja Peace Accord, and the failure of these aggressors to desist and apologise, have left the APC Campaign with no option than to steer clear of any premeditated smear campaign that could be inimical to our prospective electoral success.”
The APCP flag bearer said that appealed to Nigerians not to see his decision to stay away from the one-sided composed debate arrangement as a sign od disrespect for them, “or an alibi for the party to dodge public scrutiny; but it must be viewed as an honourable right not to consent to any activity that could distract, demean, denigrate or derail the fast-moving train of the party.
“The APC is a party of progressive intellectuals, genuine technocrats, successful businessmen and women, and most of all eminent and courteous people of honour who would never condescend to the level of sadistic gutter propaganda, all in the name of political exigency and crass opportunism.”
He noted that many Government-controlled media have clipped the wings of APC promotional advertisements for one excuse or the other, adding that, until a court upturned their decision recently, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) shutdown some telecom portals for soliciting legitimate campaign funds from members of the public for APC.
“Aside, elements close to sitting President Goodluck Jonathan have commissioned series of derogatory and death threat advertorials against the person, family and associates of the opposition leader, General Muhammadu Buhari, to which the APC had sent letters of complaint to the Inspector General of Police, the Director General of State Security, Advertisers Practitioners of Nigeria (APCON), Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the erring media that published or aired such offensive adverts or documentaries.
“None of our letters of protest has been attended to by the authorities. So whatever the incumbent President wants to do with the instrument of state to harass members of the opposition into humiliating submission would not work. “The APC/Buhari campaign is now a people’s movement. The more they try to rubbish it, the more popular we are with the populace.
“We are not shadow-chasers or moonwalkers. The APC is concerned mainly with the lack of unity and security in Nigeria; plus the growing decimation of lives, property and territory of our great country due to preventable insurgency; the slumbering economy; decaying educational system; absence of jobs; poor public health; and the cancerous institutionalisation of corruption in our national life. You can’t fool the people all the time. Nigerians will vote out their oppressors come February 14.” [myad]

Soludo, Fayemi And Fani-Kayode: My Takeaway, By Iyabo Obasanjo

Greenbarge Reporters

January 29, 2015

Professor Soludo’s article on the elections in Nigeria is the best writing I have read recently on the real situation politically and economically in Nigeria.
The well-articulated response from Dr. Fayemi compared to the abuse infused response from Femi Fani-Kayode on the PDP side is a great example of the contrast of the status-quo compared to the alternative.
Whatever the case and I don’t expect miracles from APC but right now they have more thinking people than the PDP. As a Yoruba person, Dr. Fayemi’s response is how we expect our educated elite to take up issues and not the mad rantings of Fani-Kayode.
I agree with most of his premise but I do not think they (APC) can take up a massive public works program in a period of “famine” i.e. low oil prices.
During the great depression when Roosevelt used public works to help provide jobs, it was the stock market that failed i.e. Government revenue was affected from tax income but income from exportation which was then mainly agricultural goods was not affected.
The government could use money from its coffers to create jobs and provide skills and training, which people could then use in the private sector.
The best part of Dr. Fayemi’s response is that it is not elite focused. Nigerian governance as I saw it was not a democracy but an elitocracy. It is government of the elite by the elite for the elite and even if you grew up in near death poverty, once you left those circumstances, you forgot where you came from and concentrated on your immediate family and matters affecting the wellbeing of the elite.
Changing this perspective to make the elite understand that their wellbeing was in fact, dependent on the wellbeing of the masses will be APC’s challenge.
They are sourcing from the same pool of elite talent that every Nigerian government has to source from and it is this pool that essentially has to be different or we will find ourselves again at precipice as usual.

Iyabo Obasanjo DVM, Ph.D, a former Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria wrote from the United States of America. [myad]

Go Ahead With Fund-Raising For Buhari Campaign, Court Orders Telecoms

Greenbarge Reporters

January 29, 2015

Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered five telecoms firms to continue with the fund-raising platform for the Presidential campaign of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, thus over-ruling the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) that had earlier ordered its stoppage.
The Judge of the court, Justice Ibrahim Buba, who made the ex-parte order in respect of the APC’s motion, also made an order of interim injunction restraining Etisalat, MTN, Glo, Airtel and Visafone from giving effect to a directive by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) which warned them against running political promotions that will portray them as being partisan.
The judge ordered the telecoms firms “to continue to run, operate and/or restore to its full operative use the SMS Code platform 35350 created for fund-raising for the applicant’s presidential campaign.”
The orders are to subsist pending the hearing and determination of APC’s originating motion on notice.
The court also granted APC leave to serve the originating motion on notice and other processes on NCC (the first defendant) outside the court’s jurisdiction.
APC said the platform is to operate till February 12 when campaign activities for the presidential election will end in line with Electoral Act and the election time-table.
In the originating motion, APC is demanding N25billion damages from the defendants for violating the fundamental rights of the party and its members.
It said since the platform was suspended, it has been unable to disseminate or receive information from its supporters via the SMS code 35350.
The party said while the platform was suspended, NCC has allowed that of President Goodluck Jonathan to run seamlessly.
The party said it created a “premium SMS code 35350″ through which willing donors could contribute to its presidential campaign fund.
Within hours of its creation, APC said it was getting about five messages of N100 each every minute. A total of 5,400 messages were received, it said.
However, NCC in a January 19 letter, directed all telecoms service providers “to avoid running political advertisements that will portray them as being partisan.”
NCC said it would “not hesitate to sanction any service provider that will flout this directive.” As a result, the telecoms firms suspended the platform.
However, APC said political parties have been using several media platforms to advertise, with none accused of being partisan. [myad]

2015 Presidential Election: Jonathan’s Men Desperate, By Kazeem Ugbodag

Greenbarge Reporters

January 29, 2015

President Goodluck Jonathan’s political ambition is getting undermined by the day as his men have become more desperate to ensure that he returns to power. The latest desperate move which appears to have backfired is the launch of a hate documentary full of lies and distortions about All Progressives Congress (APC), presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari.

After watching the documentary, viewers still favoured Buhari in an opinion poll conducted by the same TV station that aired the vile documentary against the former Head of State.

The one hour offensive documentary is being aired on the Africa Independent Television, AIT, and the Nigeria Television Authority, NTA.

The documentary focuses on what transpired during the military regime of Buhari in 1984 and 1985 with lots of distortions to discredit Buhari’s candidacy.

Many people who have viewed the documentary were outraged about the desperation of Jonathan’s men and how far they could go to get another term for their principal.

One of such lies in the AIT documentary spotted out by viewers was that it was Buhari who expelled Ghanaians from Nigeria. Rather, it was Shehu Shagari who repatriated Ghanaians and other foreigners from Nigeria.

Also, the issue of Gloria Okon disappearing under Buhari was also concocted as she disappeared under General Ibrahim Babangida’s regime for which Dele Giwa was assassinated on Sunday, 19 October, 1986, long after Buhari had been ousted by Babangida.

Also, Fela’s mother died after Kalakuta republic was attacked by soldiers sent by Obasanjo’s government in 1978 and not under Buhari as claimed in the documentary.

Viewers also wondered what the death of two of Buhari’s daughters has to do with a documentary of Buhari’s ability to rule.

Reacting to the documentary, Lagos lawyer, Festus Keyamo said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is only chasing shadows as the documentary is irrelevant and could not determine the presidential election.

“It was not Buhari who drove Ghananians away from Nigeria and the aspect of the documentary that said Gloria Okon and Fela’s mum died under Buhari are lies.

“PDP has just pushed the panic button. The PDP in their desperation has descended to a maniacal level, it is simply madness.”

Comrade Debo Adeniran of the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL, described the documentary as irresponsible on the part of the PDP.

“Everybody in Nigeria knows that Buhari was a military man, thus the use of military tactics. We should put that behind us. There are so many things happening now that are worse than during Buhari’s period,” he said.

Adeniran said it was unthinkable for Jonathan to think he could get cheap popularity through the documentary, while decrying the taunting of the deceased members of Buhari’s family in the documentary, saying it is unAfrican.

A member of the House Representatives, Lanre Odubote, condemned the documentary, saying it smacked of desperation on the part of the PDP.

He said the PDP is already feeling jittery, which he said had led to desperation and sponsoring of all kinds of anti-Buhari campaigns.

Mr. Joe Igbokwe, Publicity Secretary, APC, Lagos State said: “everything under the sun is being unearthed and exhumed just to stop candidate Buhari by the PDP and their agents, but the man’s towering popularity continues to soar like the eagle.”

Igbokwe said: AIT cooked up a documentary to paint Buhari as an evil man and sadist and thereafter set up a public opinion poll to gauge the popularity of Jonathan, but that Buhari still floored the president.

“Every issue they raised has worked against President Jonathan. This is a silent revolution, Buhari is the next president of Nigeria, case rested,” he stated.

Despite the negative documentary, the popularity of Buhari appears to be soaring on daily basis as he floored his opponent, President Goodluck Jonathan, in an opinion poll conducted by the Africa Independent Television, AIT.

AIT, the television station that has shown strong support for Jonathan, conducted an opinion poll after launching the offensive documentary on Buhari.

The poll was conducted on its website: aitonline.tv/elections.

The TV station simply asked: who will you vote for in the presidential election? AIT went on to list the names and logos of all the presidential candidates for people to vote.

As at 8:30pm on Tuesday, result of the poll which kept on growing showed that Jonathan was lagging behind Buhari. While Jonathan, as that time was scoring a little above 2,000, Buhari polled about 8,900 votes, which is about 78 percent of the total poll.

With the result of the poll getting more favourable for Buhari and drawing serious public discourse and comments, AIT quickly shut down its website at about 10 p.m. on Tuesday.

The website was still shut as at the time of filing this report with all contents removed on Wednesday.

This might not be unconnected with the result of the poll favouring Buhari and showing Jonathan’s seeming unpopularity in the eyes of the public.

AIT simply placed on its website this information: “Our website is currently being improved to serve you better, please.”

Here is the result of AIT Online Poll amongst the Presidential candidates in the February elections.

[myad]

Arrest Dokubo, Tompolo, Others Now, General T. Y Danjuma Advises Government

Greenbarge Reporters

January 28, 2015

Elder statesman and former Defense minister, General Theophilous Yakubu Danjuma has called for the arrest of Asari Dokubo, Government Tompolo, Boyloaf and others over recent war threat by the ex-Niger Delta militants.

General Danjuma who spoke to reporters at the permanent site of North West University , Kano, after he commissioned the multi billion naira in Kwankwasiyya city said the threat by the Niger Delta militants was highly irresponsible.

The civil war General said: “those were reckless statements coming from irresponsible individuals; they should be condemned and be arrested immediately.”

Bayelsa state Governor, Seriake Dikson hosted the former militants last weekend where they threatened to declare war against the country if President Jonathan is defeated in the February 14 General election. [myad]

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