Ex-militants divided over Buhari’s endorsement.

Former Niger Delta militant, Reuben Wilson, Popularly known as ‘General Pastor,’ has said former militants did not at a anytime endorse the candidate for All Progressives Congress,  Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. 

His current position ran contrary to stance of ex-militants under the aegis of Coalition of Association of Ex-Agitators who endorsed the said candidate recently.

Wilson, who is the President, Leadership, Peace and Cultural Development Initiative, stated that those who posed under the guise of ex-militants to endorse Buhari were not ex-militants. 

He contended that no true Niger Deltan person would engage in such act of endorsing Buhari in the place of President Goodluck Jonathan, a son of the soil.

Wilson, who made the clarification in Yenagoa on Monday, said those who endorsed Buhari were group of rabble rousers who were not former agitators. 

Speaking before other ex-militant leaders that were present at the press conference, Wilson stated that the group was not recognised. 

He also said their leader, one Isreal Akpodero, is not an ex-militant, challenging him to show Nigerians where his camp was located.

He said, “We, the former freedom fighters, don’t know Israel. We don’t know the body. We don’t know where they came from. 

“President Goodluck Jonathan has done so much, so, if any person is coming to make negative comments about him, that person is under attack and should seek medical attention.”

According to him, Israel and his so-called group are merely beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme and not ex-militants.

He added, “Have you ever heard of that name in the Niger Delta? Who knows them? I am General Pastor. The Joint Military Task Force visited my camp and they saw it. They visited Tompolo’s camp and others. They knew our camps. He should show Nigerians his camp, then we’ll know he was a militant.”

Reacting to claim that only the Ijaws were benefiting from Jonathan’s administration, Wilson noted that the President is not only of Bayelsa but the whole nation, adding that he had performed more excellently in the North than the south.

While calling on the public to disregard their claim, he stated that they had been working towards the re-election of the president.

He also said Nigerians should vote for Jonathan, not as their brother, but because he had performed creditably well.

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