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As the deadline given to the federal government by Movement for the Emancipation of Niger-Delta (MEND) militants expired Friday, President Olusegun Obasanjo may have threatened to sack ministers and political appointees from the Niger/Delta region.
As the deadline given to the federal government by Movement for the Emancipation of Niger-Delta (MEND) militants expired Friday, President Olusegun Obasanjo may have threatened to sack ministers and political appointees from the Niger/Delta region.
Presidency sources told Saturday Sun that the president gave the warning on Thursday after a brief close door meeting with his cabinet members from the region.
Apparently not treating the threat with kidgloves, Obasanjo was quoted as saying that "some of you are not fit to continue in this government considering what is going on in your area.
Some of you are not even respected at home, so it is not surprising to me if you are not unable to create impact in what is going on. You better go and talk to your people because what is happening will affect you as an individual as a Nigerian".
Saturday Sun also learnt that based on the threat, all the political appointees from the region left Abuja for their various ethnic homes.
Subsequently, marathon meetings are said to have started in earnest in Warri, Delta State and in Yenagou in Bayelsa State on Thursday evening.
Saturday Sun further gathered that while minister of state in the minister of defence Chief Oritshajafor is believed to be holding meetings with Itsekiri leaders, minister of police affair Chief Brodenik Bozino is also holding meetings with Ijaw leaders and youths.