Avengers deny nominating Soyinka for negotiations with FG, slam Okah brothers
Mon Aug 29, 2016 10:41:am National
2.1K By Buchi Obichie
Earlier reports that they had nominated Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, to head their dialogue team with the Federal Government, has been denied by militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, NDA.
The Avengers described the report as "the lie of the century," while also accusing the Okah brothers, both of whom are serving jail terms in Nigerian and South African prisons, of using disorganized All Progressives Congress, APC, characters from the Niger Delta region to impress the "powers that be at Abuja."
In a statement released on Sunday by the NDA Spokesperson, Mudoch Agbinibo, the group said: "The NDA cannot be teleguided by Charles Okah and Henry Okah from their respective prison cells using disorganized characters of the APC from the Niger Delta to impress Abuja.
"We are not unaware of the creations of the Nigerian intelligentsia community and security apparatus to sustain the Niger Delta struggle to bloat their pocket and credibility.
"We are amazed that Prof. Wole Soyinka has been taken on the jugular by enemies of the Niger Delta because of his belief that the Government of the day should understand the need to restructure the country and listen to the Niger Delta agitation positively.
"That, we, the NDA, have named Prof Soyinka and some incredible names to advise and lead any group, is the lie of the century. The handwriting is so clear that our nobel laureate's name is going the infamous way, as he is being named as an adviser with some unscrupulous characters as NDA dialogue team with the government of Nigeria.
"Putting the records straight, the name/names parading as factions of the Niger Delta Avengers are just the figments of the imaginations of some persons protecting their jobs and hell bent on derailing the wheel of progress in the history of Nigeria and the Niger Delta agitation."
The NDA also reiterated their support for the Chief Clark-led Niger Delta Elders and Stakeholders conference committee to lead the pan-Niger Delta negotiations/dialogue team, and said that it was ready for talks whenever the Federal Government was ready.
The Avengers described the report as "the lie of the century," while also accusing the Okah brothers, both of whom are serving jail terms in Nigerian and South African prisons, of using disorganized All Progressives Congress, APC, characters from the Niger Delta region to impress the "powers that be at Abuja."
In a statement released on Sunday by the NDA Spokesperson, Mudoch Agbinibo, the group said: "The NDA cannot be teleguided by Charles Okah and Henry Okah from their respective prison cells using disorganized characters of the APC from the Niger Delta to impress Abuja.
"We are not unaware of the creations of the Nigerian intelligentsia community and security apparatus to sustain the Niger Delta struggle to bloat their pocket and credibility.
"We are amazed that Prof. Wole Soyinka has been taken on the jugular by enemies of the Niger Delta because of his belief that the Government of the day should understand the need to restructure the country and listen to the Niger Delta agitation positively.
"That, we, the NDA, have named Prof Soyinka and some incredible names to advise and lead any group, is the lie of the century. The handwriting is so clear that our nobel laureate's name is going the infamous way, as he is being named as an adviser with some unscrupulous characters as NDA dialogue team with the government of Nigeria.
"Putting the records straight, the name/names parading as factions of the Niger Delta Avengers are just the figments of the imaginations of some persons protecting their jobs and hell bent on derailing the wheel of progress in the history of Nigeria and the Niger Delta agitation."
The NDA also reiterated their support for the Chief Clark-led Niger Delta Elders and Stakeholders conference committee to lead the pan-Niger Delta negotiations/dialogue team, and said that it was ready for talks whenever the Federal Government was ready.
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