Muhammadu Buhari Gets Endorsements From South-south Ex-Militants

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Muhammadu Buhari has gotten some boost in his presidential race after getting endorsement from some ex-militants in the Southern region of the country....

The ex-agitators who placed their faith in the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate announced their support for him ahead of the forthcoming elections after discrediting the government of president Jonathan....

The ex-militants spoke to journalists in Benin, the Edo State capital, through their spokesperson Mr. Godwin Ogidigba, who said;

“In recent publications in the dailies, you see MEND endorsing Buhari. People thought it was a joke. It is not. The fact remains that we need somebody that can address the salient issues that affect the Niger Delta region.“Our brother has failed in those issues; our brother has failed to take us away from poverty, our brother has failed to bring development to the Niger Delta region. 

“Just take a look at most of the Niger Delta communities. They still remain where they are, in spite of the fact that we have one of our own at the top, at the helm of affairs, nothing positive has changed in the region.”

“Somebody who can stand and develop our region, that should be our interest and that is our interest. It is true that President Goodluck Jonathan is from the South-South region; he is our brother. But the problem is this: he came to meet the amnesty programme and since then he has not been able to improve on it, which means that the amnesty programme stopped when the late (President) Musa Yar’Adua died.”