{"id":3254,"date":"2024-11-16T08:31:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T08:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/11\/16\/pap-former-third-phase-national-chairman-tonye-bobo-urges-tinubu-to-disregard-petitions-made-against-dennis-otuaro-by-a-group-of-amnesty-generals-describes-their-petitions-as-a-campaign-of-calumny\/"},"modified":"2024-11-16T08:31:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T08:31:27","slug":"pap-former-third-phase-national-chairman-tonye-bobo-urges-tinubu-to-disregard-petitions-made-against-dennis-otuaro-by-a-group-of-amnesty-generals-describes-their-petitions-as-a-campaign-of-calumny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/11\/16\/pap-former-third-phase-national-chairman-tonye-bobo-urges-tinubu-to-disregard-petitions-made-against-dennis-otuaro-by-a-group-of-amnesty-generals-describes-their-petitions-as-a-campaign-of-calumny\/","title":{"rendered":"PAP: Former Third Phase National Chairman, Tonye Bobo Urges Tinubu To Disregard Petitions Made Against Dennis Otuaro By A Group Of Amnesty Generals, Describes Their Petitions As A Campaign Of Calumny Against The Administrator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Freeborn Abraye<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A prominent youth leader from the Niger Delta, Mr. Bobo Tonye, has advised the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government to be wary of some \u201cso-called former Niger Delta warlords and their shenanigans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him, there are many ex-agitators whose stock in trade is to threaten and blackmail public office holders from the region for personal gains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cInstead of making efforts to attract more appointments and developmental projects to the Niger Delta, these set of persons have over the years been fighting to dislodge any federal appointee from office who does not give in to their outrageous demands,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bobo, in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday, stressed that these set of persons are driven by greed, hence their demands should not be pandered to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bobo noted: \u201cAdministrators of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) have always been their main targets. They believe they were the only people that worked for the establishment of that Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTherefore, since they were not appointed to steer the ship of the Amnesty Office, whoever is in charge must kowtow to them and award as many lucrative contracts to them and their allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is the reason for the endless petitions against every leader that is appointed to lead the PAP. \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bobo, the immediate past National Chairman of the Third Phase Ex-agitators Forum, maintained that the programme came into existence following the agitations of several Niger Deltans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe establishment of the PAP cannot be attributed to the efforts of only one group of persons, and I hereby advise this particular set of ex-agitators to be productive with their resources so as to stop harassing every administrator of the programme for contracts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe all carried arms and fought for the FG to prioritize the interest of our region. It was not the efforts of just one or two leaders but a collective effort of all the freedom fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo nobody or group of leaders should erroneously think that it was only their efforts that made Yar\u2019Adua to establish the PAP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDue to their selfishness, lack of integrity and blackmailing lifestyle, some of these ex-agitators\u2019 leaders have lost the respect of not just their followers but many Niger Deltans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey should be more enterprising like GOC Tompolo and not be sponsoring campaigns of calumny against every PAP administrator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlso, they should invest in the monies they have garnered over the years in lucrative businesses rather than fighting those in power to get contracts they don\u2019t deserve,\u201d Bobo expressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ex-agitator described the endless petitions and media attacks against the current Administrator of the PAP, Dr. Dennis Otuaro, as distractions that may consequently impede the success of the Amnesty Programme, if not nipped in the bud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis ugly trend is not good for the region and Nigeria as a whole. We must therefore come together to put an end to it,\u201d the ex-agitator<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He however declared that well-meaning PAP delegates and stakeholders are satisfied with Otuaro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bobo warned that \u201canything that will undermine or disrupt the administration will not be a good omen in the Niger Delta and Nigeria at large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe desperate group of ex-agitators who are hellbent on frustrating Otuaro should know that those who are behind him are greater and stronger than them. 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