Alleged partisanship: Bayelsa APC youths demand removal, prosecution of PAP boss Barry Ndiomu
A youth group of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bayelsa State, has frowned at what they described as the partisanship of the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, Maj.-Gen. Barry Ndiomu, retd, ahead of the November 11 governorship polls in the state. The youth group under the auspices of the Bayelsa APC Integrity Forum, BAIF, has called for the immediate removal, prosecution, and arrest of Ndiomu for alleged gross abuse of his office. The youths specifically accused the amnesty boss of deploying his office to work for the reelection of the Bayelsa Governor and Peoples Democratic Party Candidate, Senator Douye Diri.
The Chairman of the forum, Ebiye Appah, in a statement on Wednesday, said Ndiomu was acting like an aide to Diri instead of focusing on his primary responsibility of promoting peace in the Niger Delta.
The youth leader wondered how official and confidential correspondence between the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and the Amnesty Office was deliberately leaked to the Bayelsa State Government House and other PDP members in the state.
His words; “Ndiomu’s failed action is targeted at casting aspersion to the Sylva/Maicaver governorship ticket to cause tension in APC and give undue advantage to his friend, Diri, and his party, the PDP.
Appah said: “We wonder also why confidential mail communication between his office and the office of the Secretary to the Government of The Federation would be deliberately leaked and made subject of pedestrian deliberations.
“We are not concerned about his obvious PDP ties and the fact he is a kinsman to former Governor Dickson, our only concern is why he has consistently converted the PAP to an anti-APC apparatus which is made more evident in his overwhelming empowerment of PDP card carriers and his recent and painful support of H.E Atiku Abubakar during the last presidential elections.
“The amnesty office is, fundamentally, to keep peace in the Niger Delta region and its development. The institution is not to further divide or glean partisan advantages.
“But beyond that, we urge the Department of State Security (DSS) to investigate leakages in communication between government agencies for such acts are as treasonable as they are worrying security breaches. “We are calling for the immediate removal, prosecution and arrest of Ndiomu for leaking official government communication and for turning the noble PAP to a mere empowerment scheme of the PDP.
“We thank President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the innovative pathways to progress he has unveiled since becoming President, we are certain our dear nation is on the pathway of sustained progress.” Vanguard
