Hundreds of repentant militant bellwethers in the Niger Delta at a meeting in Oron, Akwa Ibom State, declared that should the North stop the re-election of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan in 2015, they would cut off every petroleum products’ route to the North.
The ex-militant bellwethers additionally threatened not to sanction the North benefit from crude oil proceeds that emanate from the Niger Delta.
The ex-liberation fighters accumulated in Oron, under the auspices of the Leadership, Peace and Cultural Development Initiative, where they additionally assessed the handling of Niger Delta Development Commission projects by contractors.
President of the group, Mr. Reuben Wilson, verbalized in an interview with journalists that the former militant bellwethers were drawn from all the nine states that make up the NDDC.
He verbally expressed that their interest was to ascertain that Jonathan returns to office in 2015, and that anybody who opposed the conception would be considered an enemy of the region.
He verbalized, “We met in Oron to review developments in the country, particularly as it concerns the interest of the Niger Delta people. You will accede that the Niger Delta is the mainstay of the nation’s economy.”
