{"id":52508,"date":"2016-08-22T14:18:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T13:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=52508"},"modified":"2016-08-22T16:21:53","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T15:21:53","slug":"negotiation-niger-delta-group-rejects-e-k-clark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/negotiation-niger-delta-group-rejects-e-k-clark\/","title":{"rendered":"NEGOTIATION: Niger-Delta Group Rejects E.K Clark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new militant group, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM) has<\/p>\n<p>rejected the Chief Edwin Clark-led negotiation team on behalf of militants<br \/>\nin the region with the Federal government, for lack of trust.<\/p>\n<p>A statement issued on Monday by the spokesperson of the group, Aldo<br \/>\nAgbalaja, accused Chief Clerk and ex-president, Goodluck Jonathan of<br \/>\nhumiliating the region more than previous administrations had done.<\/p>\n<p>The group which restated its resolve to continue vandalising the oil<br \/>\npipelines in the country until the Buhari-led federal government meets<br \/>\ntheir demands however called on the government to rather negotiate with<br \/>\nthem through another dialogue group, NDDCG which has a touch of<br \/>\ninternational agencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are also aware that there is a group(NDDCG), led by the Amanyanabo of<br \/>\nTwon Brass, Alfred Diete-Spiff, which has the involvement of some<br \/>\ninternational agencies, we would rather the federal government builds on<br \/>\nthis group to reach out to the genuine representatives of the peoples of<br \/>\nthe region, across the six states, to discuss the way forward because we<br \/>\nbelieve what is worth doing at all is worth doing well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuild on this group and reach out to our people, not on an Edwin Clark<br \/>\ngroup, which had connived with Jonathan in the past to subject this<br \/>\nregion, including the majority of our Ijaw brothers, to one of the most<br \/>\nuntold humiliations by leaving the region they claimed to be representing<br \/>\nworse than it was under previous administrations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnough of these buccaneers in the name of leaders of the region, our<br \/>\npeople from both the upland and the creeks deserve a better deal, not the<br \/>\nAvengers kind of deal. 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