How I risked my life for Niger Delta peace – Goodluck Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has revealed however helium enactment his beingness astatine hazard successful his bid to guarantee bid successful the Niger Delta region.

Jonathan disclosed that helium went into a militant campy successful the Niger Delta without equipped information to negociate peace, astatine the hazard of his life.

He made the disclosure connected Monday portion delivering the chairman’s code astatine the De Mangrove Conversation, organised successful collaboration with the Bayelsa State Government, the Niger Delta Development Commission, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Renaissance Africa Energy and the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation astatine the NCDMB Conference Hall successful Yenagoa.

Jonathan said his acquisition arsenic a scientist, governor, vice president and president gave him a unsocial position connected the challenges facing the region.

He recalled that arsenic vice president, helium personally led negotiations with militants and insisted connected visiting 1 of their camps without equipped escorts contempt objections from information officials.

According to him, the determination helped physique spot and paved the mode for dialog that yet contributed to the bid process and the implementation of the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme.

Jonathan stressed that the improvement of the Niger Delta indispensable stay a nationalist priority, saying lasting bid successful the r...