{"id":51771,"date":"2016-07-31T17:50:14","date_gmt":"2016-07-31T16:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=51771"},"modified":"2016-07-31T17:50:14","modified_gmt":"2016-07-31T16:50:14","slug":"niger-delta-crisis-military-approach-not-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/niger-delta-crisis-military-approach-not-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger Delta Crisis: &#8216;Military Approach Not Solution&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for Peace &amp; Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), a Niger Delta based<\/p>\n<p>NGO, has called on all stakeholders to genuinely support President Buhari<br \/>\nto save our dwindling economy and devastated environment.<\/p>\n<p>National Coordinator, CEPEJ Comrade Sheriff Mulade, while addressing<br \/>\njournalists in Warri, noted that force for force will cause more violence<br \/>\nand damage the already depleted economy.<\/p>\n<p>He strongly appealed and advised security agents particularly the Nigerian<br \/>\nArmy, the Navy and the DSS to support the Buhari dialogue process and halt<br \/>\nfurther threats of force to give confidence to the people.<\/p>\n<p>\u00cft is pertinent to state that any attempt at invading, harassing,<br \/>\nintimidating and arresting innocent citizens in the region will be seen as<br \/>\nbetrayed of trust from government security agents.<\/p>\n<p>Mulade, however, expressed the belief that Nigerians would rise above the<br \/>\nlevel of individualistic, ethnic and myopic reasoning to a broader<br \/>\nperspective that will give a sense of belonging to all Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the government to show genuine commitment and seriousness towards<br \/>\nachieving positive results from the dialogue rather than making it a<br \/>\npolitical jamboree.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want strongly caution militants in the region particularly ABA to abort<br \/>\ntheir alleged plan to declare Niger Delta Republic which is not the<br \/>\nprimary interest of the people but development and remediation of the<br \/>\ndevastated environment&#8221;, he said.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for Peace &amp; Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), a Niger Delta based NGO, has called on all stakeholders to genuinely support President Buhari to save our dwindling economy and devastated&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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