The Involved Niger Deltans for Peace and Improvement has handed a vote of confidence on the Minister of Defence, Normal Christopher Musa (retired) for his dedication to the struggle towards insurgency in Nigeria, particularly within the North.
The group additionally praised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointing the previous Chief of Defence Workers to serve in his cupboard as minister; describing it as a sq. peg in a sq. gap.
That is coming after one Abdul Danbature, claiming to be talking for Arewa Youths, referred to as for the fast sack of the Defence Minister and in addition likened him to a content material creator.
Talking at a stakeholders’ assembly in Asaba, the Delta state capital, Monday, the socio-cultural group condemned the unprovoked assaults and low-cost blackmail towards the individual of the Minister of Defence, who has devoted a few years of his life to serving the nation.
The group stated it’s due to the efforts of Normal Christopher Musa in direction of defending lives and property that the nation is having fun with the quantity of peace and stability, slamming the likes of “an ungrateful Danbature, who has no honour however sit of their consolation zones to insult the selfless sacrifices of navy Normal.”
The assembly was chaired by Hon. Freeborn Itewo, the group’s nationwide president, who additionally doubles as SA to the Governor of Delta State, Sheriff Oborevwori, on Neighborhood Affairs.
Others in attendance had been: Persistence Humphrey, Lady Chief, Bassey Ekemene (Akwa-Ibom State Rep), Felix Akassa (Bayelsa consultant), Comrade Amb. Victor Monday Olajide (JP) (Edo State consultant), Itoro Eno Sunday (Cross River consultant), Ike Godwin (Rivers State consultant), and Comrade Fortunate Jonah, a Niger Delta stakeholder, amongst important stakeholders and members of the group.
They referred to as on Arewa youths to desist from additional assaults towards Normal Christopher Musa and tender an unreserved apology to the minister; saying such marketing campaign of calumny due to his spiritual background will not be tolerated.
In an interview with journalists shortly after the assembly, the nationwide president of the group, Hon Itewo, stated Normal Musa is the same as the duty given to him, and urged the likes of Danbature to help the anti-insurgency efforts of the federal government, moderately than hiding below the quilt of Arewa youths to unfold deceptive details about the minister.
He stated the minister is giving the troops and the service chiefs all the mandatory help it takes to flush out bandits and terrorists in Northern Nigeria; saying it’s the folks of the north who’re complaining that the insurgents are their brothers and shouldn’t be touched.
“Is the so-called Danbature not conscious of the beneficial properties the armed forces have made since Normal Christopher Musa took over as Defence Minister?
“Is it as a result of Musa is a Christian that he’s now popping out to persecute him? When Mohammed Badaru Abubakar was there as Minister of Defence, what number of occasions did they name for his resignation?
“They need to not deliver that leg as a result of we is not going to take it. Musa has distinguished himself and the folks of Nigeria love him, particularly the folks of the Niger Delta, due to his dedication to the struggle towards these bloody terrorists which have declared struggle on harmless residents,” he said.