CPNDE dismisses threats against Buhari's re-election bid by another ex-militants group

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- Ex-militants are gathering support for President Muhammadu Buhari's re-election bid ahead of the 2019 general elections

- The support is coming from those under the aegis of Coalition of Progressives Niger Delta Ex-militants

- They dismissed threats against the president's re-election by another ex-agitators' group

President Muhammadu Buhari's re-election bid has continued to gather support as ex-militants on the platform of Coalition of Progressive Niger Delta Ex-militants (CPNDE) made a resolve to work for the president's re-election in 2019.

According to the ex-militants, they are supporting the president because of his efforts at deepening peace in the Niger Delta through the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Vanguard reports.

NAIJ.com gathers that the group made their decision known in a statement by its president, Edeinowei Galabagalaba and secretary, Gbobgo Eduobor.

The group dismissed threats by the leader of the National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-agitators, Israel Akporodo, to work against President Buhari’s re-election.

The statement read: "The so-called National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-agitators which Akporodo claims to lead, is a phantom group merely on the pages of newspapers to fester his personal interest.

"He lacks the capacity to drive a process that would negatively affect the political fortunes of President Buhari in the Niger Delta region. We are resolute in our decision to ensure victory for Buhari in the Niger Delta in the 2019 presidential election.”

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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that the Buhari Campaign Organisation said the support that President Muhammadu Buhari enjoyed from the militant groups in Niger Delta was expected as the region had benefitted immensely from the government.

The group listed the Nigerian Maritime University located in Delta state and the $170 million seed money for the Ogoni clean up as some of the benefits.

BCO’s director of communications and strategic planning, Mallam Gidado Ibrahim, said this in a statement issued in Abuja.

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