President Buhari’s aide begs Niger Delta militants

The special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta, Brigadier General Paul Boroh (rtd) has expressed worries over the federal government’s late payment of stipends to ex-militants in the region.

In a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) and signed by Piriye Kiyaramo, the Bayelsa Liaison officer, presidential Amnesty programme, Boroh, the Coordinator of the programme, was quoted to have described the delay in payment as unfortunate.

While assuring that the payment would be made soon since the three-day public holidays are over, the statement quoted Buhari’s man as saying” “I must say that the hiccups which were brought to my attention during the long public holiday by the Central Bank of Nigeria have been sorted out.”

Some of the ex-militants had on July 4, blocked the popular East-West road at Mbiama after they had been owed a backlog of unpaid stipends.

He added: “I want your cooperation as the present administration under President Muhammadu Buhari proffers lasting solution to the problems in the region.”

In a rather unfortunate development, reports credited to Vanguard have it that the Niger Delta Avengers will prevent President Buhari from exporting crude oil out of their region.

The militants who have been unrepentant with their vandalisation of oil installations and pipelines in the Niger Delta region are roaring that since the president has refused to have a real dialogue with stakeholders in the region, they’ll keep stopping the president’s plans.

In fact, they have threatened that their struggle has entered an advanced phase since the president has showed that he prefers to win the battle and lose the war.

-Dailypost