By EMMA AMAIZE, WARRI
THE Niger-Delta Liberation Force, NDLF, a militant group, which commander, “General” John Togo, died, last month,  following  injuries sustained in an aerial bombardment by the Joint Task Force, JTF, on the Niger-Delta, Thursday, called on President Goodluck Jonathan to re-appoint Hon. Kingsley Kuku as his special adviser on the Niger-Delta and Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Office, Abuja.

But it was silent on its deceased leader, Togo, whose remains were exhumed nine days ago by the JTF and deposited at the morgue of the Central Hospital, Warri. It was not clear whether the task force had carried out a DNA test on the corpse, yesterday, to determine the biological characteristics.

Spokesman of the NDLF, “Captain” Mark Anthony, in an electronic mail statement, stated: “We are making this unsolicited appeal, following the genuine commitment of Hon. Kingsley Kuku on Niger Delta for an enduring peace in the region. It was on record that NDLF ceased bombing of oil installations since December, 2011, after the appointment of Kingsley Kuku, as well as pleadings of notable Nigerians, and not due to Joint Task Force’s heavy presence in Niger Delta”.

Also, solicitor to Togo and national chairman of the Human Rights Defenders Organization of Nigeria, HURDON, Casely Omon-Irabor, told Saturday Vanguard that “if people like Hon Kuku are left to run affairs in the Niger-Delta, things will not go bad in Niger-Delta. He listened to us and was doing everything to ensure that John Togo gets a soft-landing before the present confusion happened.

“He is a fit and proper person for the job and the President should retain him for peace to continue to reign in the region because he understands the problems of the agitators and relates very well with them. That I can tell you authoritatively as Togo’s solicitor.”