Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga Rtd,
Rising from its National Executive Committee meeting held in Benin City, Edo State, at the weekend, attended by National Officers, State chairmen, secretaries, the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), expressed its support for Amotekun, the joint security initiative of the six states in the the South West geo-political zone of the country and urged their South south counterparts to immediately commence the creation of a similar initiative considering the “existential threat facing the whole of Niger Delta”
According to the meeting which was declared opened by PANDEF National Chairman, and former Military Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga Rtd, the forum is ready with a regional security plan it is ready to submit to the governors on demand.
It also restated its position that the country need to be restructured to guarantee harmonious and peaceful co-existence and called on the governors in the zone to reactivate the BRACED Commission towards economic development of the area.
The moves by the Federal Government to cite nuclear plant in Akwa Ibom were roundly condemned , while it saw moves by the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Administration, NIMASA to” divert the Floating Dock that was to be situated at Okerenkoko in Delta State as another attempt to further deny the region of needed economic boost, and critical training component in support of the Nigerian
Mariitime University, Okerenkoko.”
