The Niger Delta militants, who also threatened to resume attacks on oil facilities in the region if Jonathan is not sworn in as Acting President, said it has dispatched observers to the nation’s capital, Abuja and Lagos to “monitor the activities of the Judiciary and National Assembly and report back.”

In a communiqué released at the end of its meeting in Yenagoa and signed by the coordinator, Nengi James and secretary communiqué drafting committee, Kofi Kelvin Moses, the militants commended the role of persons and groups like Prof. Wole Soyinka, Femi Falana, Chief Edwin Clark, the Ohaneze Ndigbo, South West leaders forum and the Northern Union led by Olusola Saraki in the political problems facing the nation, and warned that non adherence the advice by expatriates in the country may be deadly.

It would be recalled that the President traveled to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment in November last year without transferring authority to the Vice President, a situation that has led to power vacuum which is threatening governance in the country.
 

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