The leadership of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has expressed confidence in the ability of the former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Obong Victor Attah, led Committee to end the feud between River state Governor Similaiye Fubara and FCT Minister Nyesome Wike.
The committee which was set up at Pan Niger Delta Forum(PANDEF) Special General Assembly held in Port Harcourt on 24th October 2024 has two weeks to conclude the assignment.
PANDEF new national chairman Amb. Dr. Godknows Igali in a statement signed by the group’s spokesman Dr. Obiuwevbi Christopher Ominimini, said, the Committee will mediate on and resolve all lingering political crisis.
Igali therefore urged all the stakeholders in the Niger delta region to cooperate with the committee.
The statement read it parts: “We call on the government at all levels, individuals and organizations to work in unison with PANDEF with a view to achieving the target of bringing lasting peace to the Niger Delta as no stone will be left unturned, especially as all will be given full listening ears to underpin the remote and immediate causes of the crisis and at the end of the assignment, we shall all sing “Niger Delta Region, we hail thee, our own dear native land”, though tribe and tongue may differ, in brotherhood, we stand.
“The leadership of PANDEF has assured the South-South geo- political zone and all Nigerians in general that, at the end of the assignment of the High Level Peace and Reconciliation Committee that has been set up to mediate and resolve the lingering crisis in the area, all vexing issues would be nipped in the bud.”
Other members of the High level Peace and Reconciliation Committee are Senator Emmanuel Ibok-Essien (Akwa-Ibom and immediate past national chairman, PANDEF); former Senate Whip, Senator Rowland Owie; Senator Stella Omu (Delta); former Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Rear Admiral G. John-Jonah; former military Governor of Kwara State, H. E. Pam Ogar (Cross-River); and Rt. Hon. Dr. Stella Dorgu (Bayelsa).
