The leadership of
the National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators on Friday expressed
happiness over the return of President Muhammadu Buhari to the country
from his medical trip in the United Kingdom.
The group, led by Israel Akpodoro, after an enlarged meeting in
Ughelli, Delta state, agreed that President Buhari has made sterling
progress in the nation, noting that his administration has helped to
recover the nation from financial rot.
Akpodoro,
who said Buhari has good intention for the nation, stated that it is
only in Nigeria that citizens wish their president death for want of
cheap money.
Former militants in the Niger delta
It
said irrespective of the hate and death wishes unpatriotic Nigerians
have for the president, he has put them to shame having returned hale
and hearty to the country on Friday, March 10, 2017.
The coalition stated that
undermining the plots of the enemies of the president, Buhari will
definitely finish his tenure in 2019.
Akpodoro
said the youth population of the Niger Delta cannot wish the president
anything less than good health, stressing that his group has permeated
all the nooks and crannies of the region with the gospel of peace.
Akpodoro said: “The youths of
the region have accepted to support President Buhari led All
Progressives Congress administration and are ready more than ever before
to give peace a chance and with this development we shall be
experiencing a stronger economy in terms of trade in oil and gas."
He
said with the return of the president, the war against corruption shall
be renewed, noting that it was corrupt individuals who read and fear
the president's body language negatively noting that Nigerians who are
not corrupt have nothing to fear but have cause to roll out the drums to
welcome the president back to the country.
The
Delta born former militant leader called on the President to pay
backlog of ex agitators, noting that most of them rely solely on the
stipends from the federal government amnesty program which he said,
fuels the need for urgent attention.
"We are grateful to God that
after all the evil wishes of the enemies of Nigeria state as it concerns
the president’s health he has returned to the country hale and hearty.
“Nothing justifies the goodness of God more in human life than what He has done for our nation in the president’s health,” Akpodoro stated.
He called on the president to facilitate the payment of the former militants saying their sustenance depends on the stipend.
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