MEND rejects Buhari, rates him very low

I a dramatic fashion, the Movement For the Emancipation of the Niger Delta [MEND] has dumped president Muhammadu Buhari, accusing him of playing politics with the controversy trailing the economy of the oil-rich Niger-delta region.

The group also quickly passed a vote of no confidence on him in what they described as sabotaging of the  November 1, 2016 demands of Chief Edwin Clark-led Pan Niger Delta forum[PANDEF] MEND also wondered why the president was double-speaking on the several sessions of dialogue held between its representatives and those of the Federal Government on the peace process being explored on Henry Okah and Charles Okah and others case at the Federal High Court, Abuja.

The group which withdrew its support from the second-term bid of former president Goodluck Jonathan, a Niger Deltan, and threw its weight behind General Buhari in the wake of the 2015 presidential election, passed a vote of no confidence on him. According to the group, President Buhari goofed by blackmailing the Niger Delta region and making provocative outbursts about the region at different fora, especially outside the shores of the country.

A statement issued by the spokesperson of the group, Jomo Gbomo accused the president of volunteering conflicting and contradicting statements about the politics surrounding the region's questions and its oil and gas economy.

Without prejudice to the pre-2015 presidential election endorsement freely and voluntarily given to President Buhari on January 6, 2015, the group hereby categorically and unequivocally passes a vote of no confidence on the government of President Buhari.

Prior to and after his reluctant meeting with the traditional rulers, opinion leaders and stakeholders of the Niger-Delta region, under the auspices of Pan Niger-Delta Forum [PANDEF], on November 1, 2016,President Muhammadu Buhari has been carrying on arrogantly and making some rather controversial and disrespectful comments about the politics and economy of the oil-rich region. In due time, we shall prove to him that we are still relevant. We are still in control.