APC urges Tinubu to relieve amnesty boss, Ndiomu
The All Progressives Congress Congress (APC) Elders Council in Bayelsa APC has urged President Bola Tinubu to sack Interim Administrator of Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Maj-Gen Barry Ndiomu (Rtd) for alleged partisan sympathy to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The group claimed that Ndiomu shows overt partisan support in favour of the Gov Douye Diri led PDP government in Bayelsa.
The APC group made the position known in a statement issued by Chief Maxwell Adomokeme, the Chairman of the Bayelsa chapter of APC Elders Council.
The group wondered why Ndiomu has decided to remain an aide of sorts to Diri instead of focusing on Niger Delta’s delicate security concerns which is his primary job description.
“We wonder also why confidential mail communication between his office and the office of the Secretary to the Government of The Federation would be deliberately leaked and made subject of pedestrian deliberations.
“We are not concerned about his obvious PDP ties and the fact he is a kinsmen to former Governor Dickson, our only concern is why he has consistently converted the Amnesty Program to an anti-APC apparatus which is made more evident in his overwhelming empowerment of PDP card-carriers and his recent and painful support of Atiku Abubakar during the last presidential elections.
“The Amnesty Office is fundamentally meant to keep peace in the Niger Delta region and its development. The institution is not to further party divides or glean partisan advantages. But beyond that, we urge the Department of State Security investigate leakages in communication between government agencies amounting to security breaches’
“We are calling for the immediate sack, prosecution and arrest of Major General Barry Ndiomu for leaking official government communication and for turning the noble Presidential Amnesty Program to a mere empowerment scheme of the People’s Democratic Party’
“We thank His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the innovative pathways to progress he has unveiled since becoming President, we are certain our dear nation is on the pathway of sustained progress,” The APC Elders stated.
