A group, the National Coalition for Strategic Governance (NCSG), has written a protest letter to President Bola Tinubu and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, over the alleged involvement of the administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr. Dennis Otuaro, in the last week leakage of Confidential National Security Documents to his allies on Facebook relating to the 1st October 2010 alleged assassination attempt on then President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Members of the Federal Executive Council and several foreign Presidents at the Eagle Square in Abuja.
According to the group, the leakage of the highly classified documents from the office of the administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) shows gross incompetence and action depicting that such a person cannot be trusted with public office.
The group, in the letter, signed by its Publicity Secretary, Kola Mustafa, said: “The National Coalition for Strategic Governance (NCSG) is calling on you to immediately suspend Mr. Dennis Otuaro the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) for allegedly leaking Confidential National Security Documents to his allies which they published on their Facebook page, relating to the 1st October 2010 Alleged Assasination Attempt on then President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan; Members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), and several foreign Presidents and Dignitaries at the Eagle Square in Abuja.
“Our urgent call for Mr. Otuaro’s suspension is of National Security. A “document leaker” like Mr. Dennis Otuaro who allegedly leaked Confidential National Security Documents to his allies on Facebook should not be allowed to hold any government office, especially an office such as the PAP which has significant security implications for our nation and its economy.”
“The NCSG is also calling on the National Security Adviser Mallam Nuhu Ribadu to direct the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) to cease from approving and or spending all PAP funds except in the payment of recurrent expenditures such as ex-agitators monthly stipends, office supplies, beneficiaries tuition fees and living expenses, until a proper investigation is completed.”
“The call for such suspension has become necessary due to the reckless spending and misappropriation of Amnesty funds by Mr. Otuaro, in just nine months in Office.”
“The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) is for approved ex-agitators in the Niger Delta region. However, Mr. Dennis Otuaro has spent over One billion naira on non-Amnesty women program organized in Warri, Delta state, thus deviating from the PAP mandate.”
“Mr. Dennis Otuaro and his aides are currently pressuring the heads of different units to implement over 500 education initiatives only for people of their community (Gbaramatu), which is capable of causing chaos and crisis for the President Tinubu’s administration. This is because there will be reactions and agitations from the other quarters and beneficiaries of the programme.”
“The PAP under Mr. Dennis Otuaro deployed about 28 persons for both foreign and domestic education exclusively for indigenes of their community (Gbaramatu), and each costing upwards of 50 million naira. This is against the known practices of previous PAP Administrators who consult with the different leaders to submit list of candidates for deployment.”
“We want you to use your good office and powers to caution Mr. Dennis Otuaro from tarnishing the name of the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, the Chief of Staff to President, and others, including security officials in their false allegations to secure the amnesty appointment.
“Mr. Otuaro is presently persecuting and terminating the employment of people that advise him against his chaotic management style, reckless spending and nepotism capable of causing an uprising which may negatively impact the hard-work of your administration.”
“Mr. Otuaro and his aides frequently approved millions of naira for domestic and foreign travels for themselves, in guise of visiting or engaging PAP beneficiaries without traveling in some cases and these funds are literally stolen using these deceitful means from the Amnesty coffers”
“We ask that you demand for all Amnesty staff travel expenses from year to date with proof of foreign and domestic events attendance such as air tickets and boarding passes which could be easily verified from the airlines, hotel accommodation, bank statements from individuals involved to ascertain specific transaction location with date and time.”
“We hope that our petition will be handled and treated with the urgency it deserves, in order to also bring sanity to the corruption already going on in the PAP.”
