The Niger Delta Integrity Group (NDIG) has cautioned against defamatory statements directed at the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, under the leadership of Major General Barry Ndiomu (rtd).

In a statement issued on Wednesday, Convener of the NDIG, Dr. Boma Horsfall, faulted online blogs “who do not understand the rudiments of facts-based journalism for allowing their platforms to be used to sponsor misguided articles against the PAP”.

Horsfall urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to tinker with the current peace in Niger Delta.

He said, “Presidency has to be reminded that currently, the most peaceful region of Nigeria is the Niger Delta for obvious reasons, thus, appointing a non-Ijaw Administrator to head the PAP will trigger devastating consequences, which wil be detrimental to the country at large”.

He further called on the Mayor of Urhoboland, Eshanekpe Israel, a.k.a Akpodoro, to refrain from ethnic bigotry and focus on extolling PAP.

To this end, the group urged Ndiomu not to be dismayed by unguarded statements from ‘uneducated miscreants’ and focus on his noble stewardship of the PAP.