PAP: Again, Militant Groups Call For Ndiomus’ Sack

Militant Groups from the Six States of the Niger Delta have joined others to call for the removal of the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Maj Gen Barry Tariye Ndiomu (Rtd) on issues bordering on misappropriation of funds and the expiration of his tenure as the interim administrator.

The Coalition made up of Supreme Egbesu Freedom Fighters of Niger Delta, Niger Delta Creek Dragon Militant Group and Niger Delta Anti-Corruption Network on Tuesday warned that any attempt for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to renew the tenure of Ndiomu will leave them with no other option than to shut down shutdown all major oil facilities in the creeks.

The Militant Groups, through their leaders and commanders, General Agadagba 1, AKA River Don ( Supreme Egbesu Freedom Fighters of Niger Delta), Gen Osuopele AKA Red Scorpion (Niger Delta Creek Dragon) and General Ebis AKA Thunder (Niger Delta Anticorruption Network), argued that Ndiomu’s tenure had long elapsed adding that he doesn’t have any fresh appointment letter from the presidency.

The groups after an intensive emergency meeting along the waterways and creeks of Bayelsa State also alleged that there has been financial misappropriation and diversion of resources meant for the programme by Ndiomu and called for strong investigation and prosecution of Ndiomu’s tenure.

In an online statement, the group said that the interim administrator’s tenure has elapsed and therefore he is supposed not to continue to remain in that office.

The statement read” Any attempt for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to renew the tenure of Maj Gen Barry Tariye Ndiomu (Rtd) as Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) may lead to total breakdown of law and order in the Niger Delta and eventually lead to shutting down of all major oil facilities in the creeks of the region.

“Our crucial and critical meeting in one of the creeks of Bayelsa State was basically to x-ray President Bola
Tinubu’s administration on the direction it wants to place the Presidential Amnesty Programme on a journey to overhaul, total reformation and what value his government is going to add to ex-militants including the entire development of the Niger Delta region.

“However, we resolved that the first task and demand is that President Tinubu should sack the current Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Gen Barry Ndiomu immediately without wasting time.

“We will no longer watch and fold our arms in the creek to allow Ndiomu to continue to stay in that office because it is illegal and unacceptable to us, for the fact that his tenure has elapsed before now, which he knows very well even before President Tinubu was elected and inaugurated on May 29, 2023.

“We will not allow him to continue to be there because we are not blinded or illiterate for one man to play on the intelligence of a whole region and continue to embezzle the Amnesty programme funds.

“One of the issues bothering the people of the region that may set the region on fire any moment from now if not properly handled by Mr President is the long stay of the present Amnesty Program Interim Administrator, Maj
Gen Barry Tariye Ndiomu (Rtd), whose appointment has elapsed and expired.

“His capacity to galvanize the programme is lacking, hence there is no ongoing training programme for the amnesty beneficiaries since Ndiomu was appointed and the entire programme is on standstill since Barry Ndiomu took over the Amnesty office.

“He has no single idea to manage that office or to move the programme forward. He had also refused to pay most of the contractors under the programme despite the fact that they are due for payment.

“We want to emphatically state that if President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would not remove Ndiomu and replace him with a competent hand from the region, we will have no other choice than to shut down all major oil facilities in the creeks.

“We are not going to give any ultimatum to this decision because Ndiomu’s continuous stay in that office is a threat to the existing prevailing peace in the Niger Delta region.

“The incompetency in handling the amnesty programme is now becoming unbearable and nobody should blame us or call us for any form of dialogue if eventually we carry on with our threat in regards to this effect. NewTelegraph