Prove Your Innocence By Surrendering To Security Operatives – Ex-Niger Delta Lawmakers Tell Tompolo

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BEVERLY HILLS, January 27, (THEWILL) – Former members of the National Assembly under the aegis of Coalition of South-South Emeritus Lawmakers, CSSEL, yesterday requested the wanted creek warrior, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, better known as Tompolo, to surrender himself to security agencies as a way of proving his innocence in the renewed acts of militancy in the region.

The group, in a press conference issued in Abuja yesterday, unequivocally condemned acts of violence in the Niger Delta, stressing that rather than foment trouble in the region, those behind the vandalism of oil installations should take advantage of the Amnesty Programme Office to ventilate whatever grievance they may have.

Reading the position of the group, Rt. Hon. Halims Agoda from Delta State said that the ex-lawmakers were saddened by recent happenings in the region, adding that, “We are saddened by the news of the recent bombing of crude oil and gas pipelines in parts of Niger Delta

“While condemning in very strong terms the renewed vandalization of oil and gas facilities in the zone, we use this medium to call on any persons severally or individually or group involved in these acts to desist forthwith. It is our belief that the only productive means to actualizing or redressing perceived injustice, inequality or unfair deals, is through dialogue. It has worked before and it remains the only way sure to consensus building, mother sine qua non for the much needed development of the region.

“In the light of the forgoing, we the members of the Coalition of South-South Emeritus Legislatures wish to unequivocally declare our unflinching support for the Federal Governments effort to promote the sustainable development of the South-South region. This definitely is a new dawn.”

Agoda, who noted that the region had benefited from the amnesty Programme of former governments, disclosed that the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to continue with the Programme.

While calling on the federal government to expedite action on the completion of the East-West road, he said, “We recall with nostalgia and satisfaction the intervention by President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s administration which engendered peace and development to the then troubled Niger Delta region due to the activities of militant agitators. The circumstances that led to the institution of the Amnesty Programme by late President Yar’Adua were actuated by the decades of alienation of the region.

“Quite rightly, that administration diagnosed the problems of the zone and administered the amnesty dialysis. Significantly, progress in mitigating the restiveness of the people was remarkably achieved.

“While some good results could be posted in the human capital development component of the Programme, the same cannot however be said of rye infrastructural development as sign-posted by the all important East-West road that traverses all the states of the South-South zone. The dismal record of the work on that road remains an albatross because of the ineffectiveness of those who had hitherto administered the project,” he stated.

 

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