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PRESS RELEASE
RECENT BLOOD BATHING IN PORT HARCOURT- THE NEED OF RESTRAINT
ON THE SIDE OF GOVERNMENT, ATEKE AND JTF
It has becomes imperative to plead with the Rivers State Government under the able
Leadership of Hon. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, Tom Ateke the Leader of the Niger Delta
Vigilante Movement (NDVM) and the Joint Task Force (JTF) not only to sheath their
swords but declare an immediate cessation of hostilities to allow the State and the
region regain its sanity and for reason to prevail.
This call becomes necessary as Rivers State will remain even after they have gone.
Innocent people therefore can not be victims of whatever disagreements they have.
Enemies today will be friends tomorrow. Dialogue is the only way and whether today
or tomorrow eventually it will be used. The difference between the options is what will
determine how many more innocent people will die. Ateke should not further justify the
actions of the JTF by killing innocent people.
You have shown you can do peace. Now more than ever before, we implore you to
show us you can do peace again. Then you leave the rest to God. The holy bible states
in the Gospel of Saint Mathew chapter 5 verse 9 ‘blessed are the peacemakers for they
shall be called the sons of God’. Ateke become a child of God today by promoting
peace once again and don’t give them an excuse to haunt, peruse or probably kill you.
The whole world is watching and today due to the happenings in our State the entire
mankind is suffering and the prizes of crude oil has soared to $100 a barrel thereby
making the poor to pay more for oil which directly affects the economy of the world.
Those that don’t know what you did before for peace must see what you do now. JTF
and Rivers State also need peace. Ateke, please do utilize the peace overture of
Governor Amaechi that militants should denounce violence and handover their weapons
of mass destruction and be granted amnesty and beside as Thompson one of the
greatest disciples of Christ one expect you to be at the fore-front of bringing sanity and
peace to our State and Region.
Nigerians believe that the Niger Delta deserves an improvement in their socio-economic
life. The international community and civil society organizations have also spoken in the
same vain. We do not know of anyone today in Nigeria who feels that Niger Delta has
been fairly treated by successive administrations. The helplessness, level of ecological
devastation and degradation and poverty besetting our people are well known. Be that
as it may, those of us who saw sense in the agitations and protests against
marginalization and poverty of the region and have advocated same can no longer
justify the modus operandi of some of these groups involved in snuffing life out of
innocent oil workers, Security personnel, Nigerians and foreigners.
The commitment of President Musa Yar’adua and Governor Rotimi Amaechi to the
development and emancipation of our people is never in doubt but let us caution as
much as we appreciate the efforts of the Joint Task Force ( JTF) to maintain peace in
the Region but acting as an army of occupation is no longer fashionable.
We have read the report of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta coded ‘Operation
Restore Hope’ and wish to state that the use of military action to dislodge the Niger
Delta warlords from their dens in the creeks of the region would be counter-
productive, uncalled for, unwarranted and provocative and may result to a war on the
Niger Delta people which calamitous consequences may not be ascertained.
Finally, we urge both the militants, JTF, FG and the various stakeholders to employ the
principle of dialogue as the only suitable option to avoid overheating the polity or any
other civil war in Nigeria
Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze,
Media Consultant,
Tonye Princewill Campaign Organisation,
(TPCO), Rivers State .
04-01-08
RECENT BLOOD BATHING IN PORT HARCOURT- THE NEED OF RESTRAINT
ON THE SIDE OF GOVERNMENT, ATEKE AND JTF
It has becomes imperative to plead with the Rivers State Government under the able
Leadership of Hon. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, Tom Ateke the Leader of the Niger Delta
Vigilante Movement (NDVM) and the Joint Task Force (JTF) not only to sheath their
swords but declare an immediate cessation of hostilities to allow the State and the
region regain its sanity and for reason to prevail.
This call becomes necessary as Rivers State will remain even after they have gone.
Innocent people therefore can not be victims of whatever disagreements they have.
Enemies today will be friends tomorrow. Dialogue is the only way and whether today
or tomorrow eventually it will be used. The difference between the options is what will
determine how many more innocent people will die. Ateke should not further justify the
actions of the JTF by killing innocent people.
You have shown you can do peace. Now more than ever before, we implore you to
show us you can do peace again. Then you leave the rest to God. The holy bible states
in the Gospel of Saint Mathew chapter 5 verse 9 ‘blessed are the peacemakers for they
shall be called the sons of God’. Ateke become a child of God today by promoting
peace once again and don’t give them an excuse to haunt, peruse or probably kill you.
The whole world is watching and today due to the happenings in our State the entire
mankind is suffering and the prizes of crude oil has soared to $100 a barrel thereby
making the poor to pay more for oil which directly affects the economy of the world.
Those that don’t know what you did before for peace must see what you do now. JTF
and Rivers State also need peace. Ateke, please do utilize the peace overture of
Governor Amaechi that militants should denounce violence and handover their weapons
of mass destruction and be granted amnesty and beside as Thompson one of the
greatest disciples of Christ one expect you to be at the fore-front of bringing sanity and
peace to our State and Region.
Nigerians believe that the Niger Delta deserves an improvement in their socio-economic
life. The international community and civil society organizations have also spoken in the
same vain. We do not know of anyone today in Nigeria who feels that Niger Delta has
been fairly treated by successive administrations. The helplessness, level of ecological
devastation and degradation and poverty besetting our people are well known. Be that
as it may, those of us who saw sense in the agitations and protests against
marginalization and poverty of the region and have advocated same can no longer
justify the modus operandi of some of these groups involved in snuffing life out of
innocent oil workers, Security personnel, Nigerians and foreigners.
The commitment of President Musa Yar’adua and Governor Rotimi Amaechi to the
development and emancipation of our people is never in doubt but let us caution as
much as we appreciate the efforts of the Joint Task Force ( JTF) to maintain peace in
the Region but acting as an army of occupation is no longer fashionable.
We have read the report of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta coded ‘Operation
Restore Hope’ and wish to state that the use of military action to dislodge the Niger
Delta warlords from their dens in the creeks of the region would be counter-
productive, uncalled for, unwarranted and provocative and may result to a war on the
Niger Delta people which calamitous consequences may not be ascertained.
Finally, we urge both the militants, JTF, FG and the various stakeholders to employ the
principle of dialogue as the only suitable option to avoid overheating the polity or any
other civil war in Nigeria
Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze,
Media Consultant,
Tonye Princewill Campaign Organisation,
(TPCO), Rivers State .
04-01-08