Ex President denies links with Niger Delta Avengers
Jonathan said the composition of the list shows that those who released the list have a political motive.
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The former President, who was named among many others, as an NDA sponsor, said the claim is malicious.
This is following President Muhammadu Buhari's meeting with his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, on August 3, 2016,
GEJ also said he will issue an official statement to clear himself from the allegation levelled against him by the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA).
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Some of those mentioned as sponsors of the NDA, include: Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state, Raymond Dokpesi, the founder of African Independent Television (AIT), Ex militant Government Ekpemupolo (alias Tompolo),the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Kingsley Kuku, Kimi Angozi, Patrick Akpobolokemi, Olisa Metuh, and a host of others.
The Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA) is a break-away faction of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA).
Former President Goodluck Jonathan is currently in Zambia to monitor the country’s upcoming elections.
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