No fewer than 20 Niger Delta coalition groups have strongly condemned the recent blackmails, abuses and unfounded lies peddled against the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, High Chief Dr. Dennis Otuaro, and a leader in the region, High Chief Dr. Government Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo.

The group condemnation is coming on the recent accusations by one Jude Gbaboyor, secretary to a Niger Delta former agitator, Ben Ebikabowei alias Boyloaf, on the PAP Boss and Tompolo.

In their onslaught, the groups described Gbaboyor as an enemy of Niger Delta, and added that his appointment in the amnesty office as a staff was terminated by the immediate past Coordinator, Brigadier General Barry Idiomu due to wrong doings.

The groups include Niger Delta Ex-fighters (NDF), Movement for Youths of Good Conscience (MYGC), Urhobo Defenders, Ijaw People's Development Initiative (IPDI), ODM, Niger Delta Indigenous Voice (NDIV), Niger Delta Youth Initiative (NDYI), Isoko Youths For Good Governance (IYGG), Ijaw Students Initiative (ISI), Human Rights Protection Group (HRPG), Niger Delta Transparency Network (NDTN).

Others are Niger Delta for Good Governance (NDGG), Bayelsa Eyes Group (BEG), Bayelsa-Rivers Coalition (BRC), Edo Riverine Coalition (ERC), Ondo Ijaw Movement (OIM), Rivers Ijaw Protection Group (RIPG), New Age Freedom Fighters (NAFF), Coalition for Underprivileged Rights Protection Group (URPG), Niger Delta Descendants Front (NDDF), and  Niger Delta Elite Group (NDEG).

The joint statement was signed by its leaders Elder Emury Bekenawei, Comrade Peter Luke, Mr Cletus Itari, Comrade Efe Tam, Comrade Godspower Joseph, Chief Obonk Stanley, Chief Catalyst Don Pedro, Comrade Gbugbemi Tunde, Comrade Tamaralaye Android, Comrade Joseph Metal, Comrade Daniel Ekio, Comrade Fire Ebi, Comrade Thunder Lafia, and others said insane Jude Gbaboyor acting under the auspices of his boss, Boyloaf should be called to order to avoid bad blood among leaders in the region.

The group further stated that Gbaboyor's character of assassination, blackmails, abuses and disrespect for Tompolo and Otuaro are a call for concern being responsible stakeholders of the region.

The coalition carpeted Gbaboyor's Facebook ranting, and exonerated Otuaro from the unfounded blackmails peddled by him, citing that the alleged secret document and others were posted and published by the embattled Henry Okah on his Facebook page in 2020.

The groups added that Gbaboyor is attacking Otuaro because the PAP Administrator refused to allow himself to be manipulated by him (Gbaboyor) and his boss, stressing that the public should disregard all lies peddled by “the desperate and hungry beggar.”

However, when a proper investigation was launched by newsmen to unravel the true position of the alleged classified document, investigation revealed that Okah who is a member of Meinbutu Voice Facebook page, posted the alleged classified document in the group by himself in 2020.

This convincing investigation showed that the said document was long posted in the public space before the Otuaro recent appointment as Administrator of the PAP.

The groups concluded that Gbaboyor accusations are baseless, unfounded, mischievous, barbaric, null and void, adding that Gbaboyor only displayed his ignorance in the public space and that his information lacks facts and should not be taken seriously. 

They further stated that a document that had been in the public space for about four years can no longer be described as a classified document, noting that only the ignoramus likes of Gbaboyor could make unnecessary and attention seeking noises about it.

Stressing further, the groups said Tompolo was the face of the Niger Delta emancipation struggle and only insane and poor students of history like Gbaboyor could speak ill about him to seek cheap attention.

They demanded that Mr Ebikabowei alias Boyloaf should call his boy, Gbaboyor, to order, adding that his stupidity would soon be exposed by the time they take action on him.

The Niger Delta coalition groups noted that Otuaro reforms as the Administrator of PAP was felt in every nooks and crannies in the Niger Delta region, stating that only enemies whose manipulative tendencies were curtailed are angry with him.

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