As pro-Biafran agitators threaten to resume protest on
Monday, former Niger Delta agitator, High Chief Ateke Tom, has denied
giving President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government 14 days
ultimatum to grant Biafra freedom or face fresh agitation in the oil
rich Niger Delta.
Ateke-Tom
It was alleged that the warlord had met with the leaders of
the protesting Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and has accepted to
wage war against the federal government if it does not grant the clamour
for freedom of the Biafrans within 14 days.
Speaking through his spokesman, Ifeanyi Ogbonna, Ateke
denied the allegation as fraudulent and inciting, stressing that he did
not give Federal Government deadline.
Ateke, who is now Leader of Niger Delta Vigilante, NDV,
warned members of the public to desist from using his pictures for
unauthorized media reports.
The spokesman stressed that Ateke had never had meeting
with the leadership of IPOB or MOSOB adding that he (Ateke) did not in
anyway threaten to declare war against the President Muhammadu
Buhari-led government.
Ogbonna noted that the ex-militant has no time for such
talk, adding that he has been in his village, Okrika, and has nothing to
do with any Biafran.
He also urged Nigerians to be patient with the Buhari-led
government and support him, adding that Buhari is a good leader and a
peace lover.
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