Briga News Nigeria
Renowned Niger Delta group, operating under the aegis of the Ijaw People’s Development Initiative, IPDI, has called on the Federal Government and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to disregard calls for the sack of Dr. Dennis Burutu Otuaro as Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Program, PAP.
The group via it’s President, Comr. Austin Ozobo describe such people are attention seekers and blackmailer, asking the President to trash such calls and allow Dr. Dennis Otuaro to continue his good work.
The Statement reads in full…
THOSE CALLING FOR OTUARO’S SACK ARE ATTENTION SEEKERS, BLACKMAILERS
Our attention has been drawn to the sponsored campaigns of calumny and cheap blackmail against the administrator of the presidential amnesty programme Dr. Dennis Brutu Otuaro by attention seekers, blackmailers and political hustlers who do not mean well for the Niger Delta.
We wish to state categorically that these elements are driven by envy, greed and selfish interest to pull him down. Some are envious of the far-reaching reforms and integrity Otuaro has brought to the Amnesty Programme, while others are paid agents hired to destabilize the programme for their selfish gains.
It is public knowledge that since his appointment, Dr. Otuaro has sanitized the system, blocked leakages, restored accountability and refocused the programme to its original mandate of reintegrating, empowering and uplifting ex-agitators and the Niger Delta youths.
Those fighting him are those who can no longer feed fat on the old corrupt system. They have resorted to blackmail and media attacks to distract him.
We therefore call on the general public, the Presidency and all well-meaning Niger Deltans to completely ignore them. Their calls do not represent the interest of the Ijaw nation nor the Niger Delta region. They represent their pockets.
As a group, we pass a vote of confidence on Dr. Dennis Otuaro and urge President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to continue to support him to deliver on his mandate. Otuaro remains one of the best administrators in the Amnesty Programme in recent times.
Signed
Comrade Ozobo Austin
National President, Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative, IPDI
