Port Harcourt—The Strategic Communication Committee (STRATCOM) of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has denied a recent online report alleging massive looting at the Amnesty Office on the eve of an incoming administration.
STRATCOM said the report is a renewed attempt by enemies of the Niger Delta region to discredit the Interim Administrator, Major General Barry Ndiomu (rtd).
Chairman of STRATCOM, Nature Dumale Kigehe in a statement on Friday, said the misleading report like previous ones, was laced with falsehood and lies that could only have been concocted by those who were unhappy with the glaring achievements of Ndiomu.
The committee said such a report can only be carried by questionable news platforms that are known for spreading falsehood.
It added that the misleading and baseless report was sponsored by disgruntled elements who are not happy with the progress made by Ndiomu so far.
The committee noted that it was not surprising that the fresh attack came a few days after the launch of the Cooperative Scheme for ex-agitators, an initiative of the PAP under Ndiomu which “they never believed could happen”.
“The faceless group and its agents alleged that there was similar looting in other agencies of government but only mentioned PAP because of the vested interest of their sponsors and collaborators,” Dumale said.
Dumale further said that, as a committee, they were privileged to know that there is currently no fund available for payment of stipends for May and other contractual obligations, thus, they wonder what was being looted as alleged.
While calling on the people of the Niger Delta region to ignore the smear campaign of persons that had sworn never to see anything good in PAP, Dumale insisted that Ndiomu had been very transparent in all his activities including the recently launched Cooperative Scheme.
He urged the media not to allow betrayers to use their platforms to carry out personal vendetta without due investigation, all in a failed attempt to mislead the incoming administration.
