President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday maintained that the people of the Niger Delta are with him on the forthcoming Presidential election.

He was reacting to the statement by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) endorsing the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.

Jonathan cautioned Buhari not to rely on such endorsement.

A statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati reads: “We have noted with amusement, the vituperations against President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan by the renegade faction of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) headed by the convicted terrorist, Henry Okah in a statement issued to endorse the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.

“While we thank all people of the Niger Delta, including the former militants whom MEND claims to represent who have already disassociated themselves from the statement issued by the faceless Jomo Gbomo and reaffirmed their unflinching support for President Jonathan’s re-election, we will like to state that the latest assault on the President by Henry Okah and his stooges did not come as a surprise to us at all.

“It was very much to be expected, coming as it did from an individual and group who have never hidden their vengeful personal animosity against the President and who have even gone to the extent of launching murderous assaults on venues at which the President was present on two occasions.

“It is most regrettable indeed that rather than show remorse for the terrorist acts against his fatherland for which he is now rightly serving a term of imprisonment in South Africa, Henry Okah continues to pursue a pointless personal vendetta against President Jonathan who continues to advance and protect the interests of the people of the Niger Delta which Okah and his group threatened with their misguided actions.”

It added: “The vituperations against President Jonathan in the MEND statement endorsing Gen. Buhari are mischievous, baseless and deliberately styled to denigrate the good works of the President.”

The statement noted that President Jonathan played a significant role in ending the militancy and insurgency in the Niger Delta.

It said that under Jonathan the destruction of oil facilities and the incessant kidnapping and killing of expatriates in the Niger Delta waterways have become a thing of the past.

“The attempt by Jomo Gbomo’s MEND to rewrite history by tarnishing the person of President Jonathan for selfish, pecuniary and political gains will amount to an exercise in futility.”

“All patriotic and right-thinking Nigerians must consider an endorsement from a convicted criminal and his group who harbor evil intentions against the unity and progress of their country as a poisoned chalice.

“President Jonathan would never have accepted such an endorsement from terrorists and renegades.

“The President therefore advises Gen. Buhari not to place any stock on his purported endorsement by the renegade faction of MEND which is led by a convicted and unrepentant terrorist with whom no leader who truly means well for Nigeria should be associated,” it stated.




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Could APC be the Nigerian version of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Party? Check out this:
1. Party Leader - North: Gen Muhammadu Buhari (Muslim).
2. Party Leader - South: Bola Ahmed Tinubu (Muslim).
3. National Chairman: Abdulkareem Bisi Akande (Muslim).
4. Deputy National Chairman: Aminu Bello Masari (Muslim).
5. National Secretary: Tijjani Musa Tumsah (Muslim).
6. Deputy National Secretary: Nasir El-Rufai (Muslim).
7. National Publicity Secretary: Lai Muhammad (Muslim).
8. National Treasurer: Sadiya Umar Faruq (Muslim) 9. National Financial Secretary: Alhaji Shaibu Musa (Muslim).
10. National Youth Leader: Abubakar Lado (Muslim).
11. National Legal Adviser: Muiz Banie (Muslim).
12. National Deputy Auditor: Bala Jibrin (Muslim).
13. National Women Leader: Sharia Ikeazor (Muslim convert).
14. EX-officio Member: Muniru Muse (Muslim).
15. EX-officio Member: Alhaji Yemi Sanusi (Muslim).
Yet, these people want us to believe they are PROGRESSIVES and that APC is a national party. I think APC has a hidden religious agenda..Be guided people!

Share to all Christian you know to vote wisely.

I fear for our great Nation
GEJ or GMB.....we are already heading to our doom
God's leaving us

The MEND endorsement on Buhari is really hurting Jonathan and PDP. No wonder he lied MEND headed by Henry Okar wanted to assasinate him. The same group he defended after the october 1, 2010 bomb blast.

Jonathan the pathetic liar!

i saw the way Jonathan spoke this afternoon. With Venom and Brimstones coming out! It is obvious that APC are on his nerves but i fault him for not facing issues apart from emphasizing agriculture like that is all he could remember. He was mudslinging Buhari and concentrated his energy on destroying Buhari. He went as far as saying that people should vote only for those with brains and white cells in their head. in 2011, Jonathan had a free ride. He was smiling and dancing in campaigns. The reverse is the case now. It is well o. APC has really turned up the heat. And I like it... putting the ruling party on its toes!

olusolaj:
Could APC be the Nigerian version of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Party? Check out this:
1. Party Leader - North: Gen Muhammadu Buhari (Muslim).
2. Party Leader - South: Bola Ahmed Tinubu (Muslim).
3. National Chairman: Abdulkareem Bisi Akande (Muslim).
4. Deputy National Chairman: Aminu Bello Masari (Muslim).
5. National Secretary: Tijjani Musa Tumsah (Muslim).
6. Deputy National Secretary: Nasir El-Rufai (Muslim).
7. National Publicity Secretary: Lai Muhammad (Muslim).
8. National Treasurer: Sadiya Umar Faruq (Muslim) 9. National Financial Secretary: Alhaji Shaibu Musa (Muslim).
10. National Youth Leader: Abubakar Lado (Muslim).
11. National Legal Adviser: Muiz Banie (Muslim).
12. National Deputy Auditor: Bala Jibrin (Muslim).
13. National Women Leader: Sharia Ikeazor (Muslim convert).
14. EX-officio Member: Muniru Muse (Muslim).
15. EX-officio Member: Alhaji Yemi Sanusi (Muslim).
Yet, these people want us to believe they are PROGRESSIVES and that APC is a national party. I think APC has a hidden religious agenda..Be guided people!

Share to all Christian you know to vote wisely.

Bros..you too dey lie ehn!..
National Chairman - Chief John Odigie-Oyegun
Deputy National Chairman South- Segun Oni -
Deputy National Chairman North - Senator Lawal Shuaibu
National Secretary - Mallam Ibrahim Bala Gubi
Deputy National Secretary - Orji Ugofa
Vice Chairman South-West- Akinyelure Pius Oloye
Vice Chairman North West- Inuwa Abdulkadir
Vice Chairman North Central- Zakari Abdullahi Ede
Deputy National Organizing Secretary -Alhaji Suleiman Manko Hunkuyi
National Treasurer -Bala Mohammed Gwagwaruwa
National Financial Secretary -Alhaji Tajudeen Olawutan Bello
National Welfare Secretary-Dika Umaru Lada
Deputy National Welfare Secretary- Mr. Jock Alamba
National Publicity Secretary -Alhaji Lai Mohammmed
Deputy National Publicity Secretary -Comrade Timi Frank
National Legal Adviser -Mr. Muiz Banire
National Woman Leader -Hajia Ramatu Tijani
Deputy National Auditor -Oputa Ado
National Youth Leader-Ibrahim Dasuki Jalo
Zonal Youth Leader North Central -Mr. Tempe Adigwe.
Zonal Youth Leader North West -Shehu Marshal
Zonal Youth Leader North East -Michael Tanko
Zonal Youth Leader South West-Adedotun Oluwasegun
Zonal Woman Leader South East-Mrs. Helen Ojukwu
Zonal Woman Leader North East-Fatima Danjuma
Zonal Woman Leader North West - Aisha Kaita
Zonal Woman Leader South-South -Rachael Bassey Akpabio
Zonal Woman Leader North Central - Hajia Hassana
Zonal Woman Leader South West -Kemi Nelson
Ex-Officio Members South East -Nduka Anyanwu
Ex-Officio North East- Mallam Mamman Isah Azare
Ex-Officio North West -Mallam Razak Ayobamiseresile
Ex-Officio South West Alhaji Nasiru Haladu Danu
Ex-Officio Member North Central - Alhaji Jemilu Baba
National Auditor -Chief George Moghalu
National Vice Chairman South East - Emmanuel Eneukwu
National Vice Chairman South- South -Illiad Atagbo
National Vice Chairman, North-East -Bibi Lawal
National Organizing Secretary - Senator Osita Izunaso
Deputy National Treasurer -Abubakar Lado Suleija
Deputy National Financial Secretary - Sunday Chukwu
Deputy National Woman Leader -Helen Chika Adike
Zonal Youth Leader South East - Paul Chukwuma

much ado about nothing!!!
Mend don't have any electoral value!