Date Published: 09/10/09

Sir,

Amnesty Mess: Alaibe and Sylva Connection

Until President Yar’Adua shows sincerity in naming those who are his aides said to be sponsors of the militants, he may know no peace on the matter.

Boy Loaf had volunteered that an aide still in the Presidency gave him and his group initial sponsor fund of N15million in 2005.  In his full-page open letter to the President, General Boy Loaf reinforced his claim again. If the President had trusted Boy Loaf to the extent of a receiving him and other repented militants at the Aso Rock, then one is wondering why he is now not disposed to taking him any seriously..

Unless if the President has something he knows and wants to hide like the names of those the federal government said were seen from the document recovered by JTF at the Tompolo’s place, then one sees no reason the President cannot call Boy Loaf to name the Presidential aide that initially sponsored him.. The President’s silence stance on this matter may not depict him any more serious. Are the masses are being deceived?

Now, the situation is getting messier with the accusation and counteraccusation going on between Sylva’s government and the former NDDC Managing Director, Mr. Timi Alaibe, who is now special an aide to the President on things that have to do with disarmament and resolving the militancy Niger Delta. Something as serious as the ongoing demobilization of the militants in the Niger Delta is not considered something that should be glossed over.

Mr. President should speak up, please, to save the gun-powdering keg.

Diokpa Dike Odu

299 Ozomagala Street

Onitsha, Anambra State.