Fayose Commends Buhari Over Negotiation With Niger Delta Militants

Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has commended President Mohammadu Buhari for listening to wise counsel by opting to negotiate with the Niger Delta militants, especially the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) and suspending military action.

He, however, said there must be display of absolute sincerity from the Federal Government such that the militants would have trust in the process.

According to a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor maintained that “the Niger Delta region, as at today, is still the golden goose laying the golden eggs on which all other regions are surviving and it will be suicidal for military action to be sustained against the militants.”

Governor Fayose who, in a statement last week Thursday, advised President Buhari to dialogue with the Niger Delta militants, said he was happy that, “for the first time, the president took to advice and suspended military actions in the Niger Delta and opted to dialogue with the militants.”

He maintained that the President’s approach to civil unrests of any kind had caused more security problems in the country, adding that “the President must stop talking tough on issues that dialogue can resolve.”

(Tribune)