Former Niger Delta agitators said they were ready to cooperate with the Federal Government toward the overall development of the region.
The leader of the Third Phase Presidential Amnesty Programme and member of the Special Committee of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP),Mr Tonye Bobo made the pledge on behalf of the group at a stakeholders’ meeting in Benin.
Bobo said the time had come to change the narrative of the the Niger Delta adding that the people had decided to embrace peace for the socio-economic development of the entire region.
“We are already getting it right. As peace ambassadors, we have to change the narrative in the Niger Delta.
“We want the public to know that Niger Delta is now a region where people can do business without any molestation,” he stated.
Bobo disclosed that all necessary measures had been put in place to stop incessant protests and the blockade of highways to press home certain demands.
According to him, talks are ongoing toward sustainable peace in the area with the Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Col. Milland Dikio.
He described Dikio as an upright man and one with the interest of the people at heart
The Spokesman for the group, Mr Godstime Ogidigba, said the meeting took important decisions which included the confirmation of the executive committee led by Bobo for two years, after which election of the group’s leadership would be conducted, and rotation of the chairmanship position.
