Fayose urges Buhari to dialogue with Niger Delta Avengers

 The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has urged President Buhari to dialogue with the Niger Delta

Avengers so as to save Nigeria’s economy from imminent collapse.

 According to Gov. Fayose, in a statement issued by Lere Olayinka, his Special Assistant on Public

Communications and New Media, the governor said; it was shameful and embarrassing that a retired

military

general could succumb to threat from militants.

He noted that Buhari cannot continue to talk tough on issues that common dialogue can resolve.

The statement reads as seen on Punch;

“the President cannot afford to continue to talk tough on issues that dialogue can resolve.”

“Now that the president has surrendered to the threat and intimidation of the Niger Delta

Avengers, he should emulate late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua by having a roundtable

talks with the Niger Delta militants.

“By not going to Ogoni today, because of threat from the NDA, our president has shown that

he is actually afraid of the militants and the best thing to do in a situation like this is to dialogue

with the militants so as to save Nigeria economy from imminent collapse.

“It also shows that the president’s ability to secure Nigeria and its people is doubtful, because if

the president could succumb to threat from militants and abandon his official function for his

deputy, ordinary Nigerians should seek help elsewhere.

“The president should therefore save Nigeria the agony of military misadventure in the Niger

Delta by holding dialogue with the militants with a view to resolving their grievances.”

“the Niger Delta region as at today is still the golden goose laying the golden egg on which all

other regions are surviving.

“Diversification as good as it sounds, takes time. We need to appreciate these regions as our

only source of income.”