{"id":4462,"date":"2025-07-20T14:52:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T14:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/07\/20\/pap-sponsored-plots-to-derail-presidential-amnesty-programme-will-fail___says-ijaw-youth-group\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T14:53:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T14:53:03","slug":"pap-sponsored-plots-to-derail-presidential-amnesty-programme-will-fail___says-ijaw-youth-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/07\/20\/pap-sponsored-plots-to-derail-presidential-amnesty-programme-will-fail___says-ijaw-youth-group\/","title":{"rendered":"PAP: \u201cSponsored Plots To Derail Presidential Amnesty Programme Will Fail\u201d___Says Ijaw Youth Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Freeborn Abraye<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ijaw Youth Network (IYN) has condemned recent attacks and blackmail by a so-called &#8220;Niger Delta Concerned Youths for Change&#8221; against the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IYN in a statement signed by its President, Frank Ebikabo, and Secretary, Federal Ebiaridor, on Saturday, described the group&#8217;s allegation of mismanagement of the programme against Otuaro as \u201cbaseless, malicious, and unfounded.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ebikabo and Ebiaridor said the attacks and blackmail were part of a coordinated campaign to give the PAP Administrator a bad name and distract him from the remarkable work he is doing in the Niger Delta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group stressed that \u201call such wicked plots to derail the programme will fail like others before them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They stated that the serial attacks and blackmail smack of pure hatred for Otuaro because he had blocked all loopholes which the misguided attackers and blackmailers and their sponsors were using to siphon funds meant for execution of the programme&#8217;s mandate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEvery other week, a new ghost group springs up with similar accusations, a pattern designed to harass and discredit a man whose only offence is his diligence, transparency, and love for the Niger Delta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We as concerned stakeholders strongly condemn these attacks and blackmail and urge the discerning public to discountenance them,&#8221; the statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ebikabo and Ebiaridor said that Otuaro had sanitized the PAP through deliberate reforms which had led to expansion of the programme&#8217;s scholarship and vocational training schemes to create more opportunities for the former agitators and beneficiaries of the programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They said, &#8220;The Presidential Amnesty Programme under the leadership Dr Dennis Otuaro has focused on, and expanded youth empowerment, education, and skills acquisition, all geared towards human capacity development in the Niger Delta and fostering peace and stability in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe has brought renewed energy, direction, and purpose to the initiative. The Presidential Amnesty Programme has become \u201ca pride of the Federal Government and a reference point in post-conflict reintegration and rehabilitation management.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IYN also questioned the legitimacy of the accusers, describing the so-called &#8220;Niger Delta Concerned Youths for Change\u201d as a fictitious organisation with shadowy characters like &#8216;Comrade Lion Ogorry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group further alleged that the real target of the sustained devilish attacks and blackmail by the misguided elements is to blackmail the President Tinubu, who appointed him to reposition the PAP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IYN called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other relevant institutions to resist being used as tools in a smear campaign, and urged all Niger Deltans to rally behind the PAP Administrator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe say unequivocally: Leave Dr Dennis Otuaro alone. He is doing an excellent job. The people of the Niger Delta, including ex-agitators, traditional leaders, and other stakeholders are solidly behind him,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ijaw group also cautions that public officials from other ethnic nationalities are not blackmailed with such recurring intensity and urged the stakeholders to take steps to stop the ugly situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Freeborn Abraye The Ijaw Youth Network (IYN) has condemned recent attacks and blackmail by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[671],"tags":[1258],"class_list":["post-4462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro","tag-pap-sponsored-plots-to-derail-presidential-amnesty-programme-will-fail___says-ijaw-youth-group"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_4127-1-1.webp?fit=489%2C520&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4632,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/just-in-foremost-ijaw-youth-organization-dismisses-allegations-made-against-amnesty-boss-dennis-otuaro-by-itsekiri-youths-council-says-itsekiris-never-took-part-in-niger-delta-struggle\/","url_meta":{"origin":4462,"position":0},"title":"JUST IN: Foremost Ijaw Youth Organization Dismisses Allegations Made Against Amnesty Boss, Dennis Otuaro By Itsekiri Youths Council, Says Itsekiris Never Took Part In Niger Delta Struggle","author":"Freeborn Abraye","date":"August 13, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"By Uche Alvin The Ijaw Youths Network (IYN) has dismissed allegations by an Itsekiri group accusing the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr. Dennis Otuaro, of unfair treatment towards Itsekiri ex-agitators. 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