The Presidential Amnesty Program (PAP) has called on the security agencies to arrest those undermining the peace and stability in the Niger Delta region.
The call was against the backdrop of efforts by some faceless groups to smear the image of the Interim Administrator of PAP, Major General Barry Ndomu (Rtd) through baseless allegations
The Special Assistant to the Interim Administrator of PAP, Freston Akpor, in a statement noted that one Friday Iko, during a press conference on Friday, had urged anti-graft agencies to investigate PAP over alleged corruption and imputing fraud in the disbursement of funds to the PAP Cooperative.
Iko had among other issues, alleged that “some members of staff in the office are receiving huge amounts for welfare ranging between N10 million to N15 for monthly running cost”.
Akpor however stated that the monies mentioned were clearly a figment of the imagination of the newsmaker, who he alleged intended to use the media to achieve malicious ends only known to him.
He said: “The allegations are not only false but also baseless and a calculated attempt to commence another round of a smear campaign against the Interim Administrator and his dedicated management team by forces from within and outside the office.
“The PAP has conducted a background check on the purported newsmaker and has found no person of note with that name or identity. The media is therefore advised to be circumspect in allowing personalities bearing pseudonyms to use their platforms to broadcast or publish such mischief as they (media houses) could be in the cross hair of possible litigations”
Akpor maintained that as a national security programme, PAP under General Ndiomu has been ethical and above board in discharging its mandate of ensuring peace and stability in the Niger Delta region.
He added that PAP was therefore calling on the security agencies to arrest those spreading falsehood to undermine the peace in the region, threatening that PAP will not hesitate to bring charges against those who employ such falsehood in order to defame the Chief Executive and the hardworking staff of the programme.
