Ex-Agitators Condemn Linkage Of Otuaro To Leaked Document On Jonathan

Leaders and coordinators of the Phase One Ex-agitators have condemned an alleged plot to link the Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, Dr Dennis Otuaro to a purportedly leaked confidential document about former President Goodluck Jonathan.
The leaders, who rose from their meeting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, at the weekend, warned against blackmails and attacks on Otuaro by some detractors in the Niger Delta.
In a communique, the leaders took exceptions to a video circulated a few weeks ago in the social media by one Jude Gbaboyor, who claimed that Otuaro leaked a confidential document in the custody of the Department of State Service (DSS) on former Jonathan.
The ex-agitators in the communique signed by the Chairman, First Phase and King of Ofunama, HRH Henry Binidodogha, aka General Egbeme 1, also condemned what they described as unsavoury allusions of Gbaboyor to the Niger Delta freedom fighter and Chairman of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo.
“It is our collective conviction that Jude Gbaboyor’s allegations, including the one bordering on leaked DSS document and his attacks on Dr Dennis Otuaro in the social media and some section of the mainstream media were unfounded, untenable and unwarranted.
“We also believe strongly that Dr Dennis Otuaro did not know anything about the published document. The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme does not work with the DSS. He, therefore, cannot be accused by Jude Gbaboyor of causing the purported document to be published”, they said
They referred to the DSS as one of the most efficient and organised agencies in the country with an unimaginable capacity for holistic investigations adding that the agency did not need anybody to do an investigative job for them.
The ex-agitators said, “We, therefore, believe that Jude Gbaboyor’s outing smacks of a deliberate move to blackmail the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro, and distract him from performing his duties. We urge Jude Gbaboyor and other detractors to let Dr Dennis Otuaro be.
“By now, it crystal clear to all that the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro, has recorded a lot of achievements since assuming office in the past eight months. We are aware that he has brought the Programme home to the Niger Delta people and indeed all stakeholders for sustainable peace, security and development of our region.
“As a matter of fact, various critical stakeholders have commended Dr Dennis Otuaro for the noble reforms that his leadership had engendered at the Presidential Amnesty Programme to make the Programme more beneficial to all delegates and beneficiaries and our region”.
They applauded the Office of the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu; and President Bola Tinubu for supporting Otuaro and the Presidential Amnesty Programme to achieve the Programme’s objectives.
“As a matter of fact, various critical stakeholders have commended Dr Dennis Otuaro for the noble reforms that his leadership had engendered at the Presidential Amnesty Programme to make the Programme more beneficial to all delegates and beneficiaries and our region”.