N/Delta Won't Burn If Jonathan Loses --Ex-Militants Declare

A group of ex-militants from the Niger-Delta region on the platform of
Niger-Delta Coalition (NDC) and Delta Coalition for Change (DCC) have
declared that they support whoever win the coming Presidential
election, adding that none of them would make any trouble if President
Jonathan loss re-election bid.

The groups also disagreed with their Ijaw brothers who have
threatened no peace if President Jonathan loss the election, saying,
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent
revolution inevitable."

A statement signed in Abuja on Monday by Comrade Young Piero and
Peters K. Asuluwa, assured Nigerians that major steps to ensure peace
have been put in place in the region, even as it also called on
political parties, candidates and their supporters to accept the
outcome of the elections by the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC).

"We are assuring Nigerians that there will be no bridge of peace in
the Niger-Delta on or before the general election of on the 28th March
and 11th of April, as we look forward to a free and fair election, the
judiciary has clearly stated that the armed forces has no role in the
general election, as such any attempt for military deployment to
voting centers is a sabotage to our judiciary.

"We are standing on the part of justice for now that no one has the
monopoly to carry out such threat against national security if the
government of the day has the peace and sustainability of this great
nation at heart. We are one Nigeria, let no one be troubled, pray for
peace and free/fair election, who ever emerge as the next president of
the federal republic of Nigeria should be giving the necessary support
from the North, South, West and East of this great Nation.

"You will agree with me that Nigerians need a corrupt free
government, our experience this past years made us to understand
completely that there is no easy walk out of corruption anywhere, many
of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death
again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires, we
must be participant to make democracy work, not simply observe. One
who does not vote has no right to complain, democracy is built through
open societies that share information when there is information there
is enlightenment, when there is debate, there are solutions, when
there is no sharing of power, no rule of law, no accountability. There
is abuse of position, corrupt practices, subjugation and indignation,
this is our government of the day."
--247ureports