By Perez Brisibe

Kingsley Muturu, an ex-militant leader under the Phase II of the Amnesty Programme, in this interview, speaks on  the comments linking  former President Goodluck Jonathan to the renewed  militancy in the Niger Delta  as well as calls for the sack of  the Chairman of  Amnesty Programme, Paul Boroh.

How would you describe recent comments linking President Goodluck Jonathan to renewed  militancy in the Niger Delta?

It is the height of democratic recklessness for anyone who claims to be an ex-militant to link former President Goodluck Jonathan to Niger Delta Avengers.

Let me put it on record here that Jonathan is the best thing to have happened to Nigeria today.

This is because, following the result of the presidential election after he called to congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari, he reached out to the ex-militants and appealed to them not to embark  on any form of militancy against Nigeria  under the APC-led government.

This was done without the world knowing, so why do you think the same person would go against his word to raise  a group to embark on militancy by blowing up oil facilities in the Niger Delta region?

Goodluck categorically explained to us that he has lost the election and was going home, hence we should not destroy pipelines for any reason whatever.

Besides, one can say categorically that, aside the loss to the Nigeria government, we the people of the region suffer more owing to the spill as a result of the sabotage of the pipelines. If Goodluck has such intention, I believe Nigeria would have been a shadow of itself today.

For those behind the attacks on oil installations, they should sheath their sword, talk with the government and present their grievances for amicable solution.

We thank God for President Buhari finding it worthy for an Ijaw man in the person of Paul Boroh to head the Presidential Amnesty Programme,

What do you think is the reason behind the agitation for the sack of the Chairman of the Amnesty Programme?

It is such a pity that politics and ethnicity have eaten deep into the fabric of everything we do today in the country.

With the appointment of Paul Boroh as Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, he has brought sanity and decorum to the programme with every financial detail in place.

Those calling for his removal are the same persons who were calling for the removal of Kingsley Kuku but President Buhari, in his wisdom, appointed a very neutral and efficient person to man the programme. Angered by this, these same mischief makers have launched their tirade, this time, against the person of Boroh.