The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Kingsley Kuku, on Tuesday explained his call for the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan during a recent visit to the United States of America.

He said it was informed by his belief that the Jonathan’s administration has stabilised the nation’s economy and can do more if given the time to implement certain pacts signed with ex-agitators in the region which will help in stabilising the fragile peace currently in place.

He noted that over 85 per cent of agreement reached with the former Niger Delta agitators has not been implemented due to some factors, stating that further delay in fulfilling these obligations could affect the relative peace in the region.

Kuku, while debunking media report that he threatened a resurgence of violence in the South-South should Jonathan be schemed out of the 2015 presidential race, said he merely appealed to the conscience of Nigerians and the rest of the world to give Jonathan a chance especially when the Constitution stipulates a two-term of four years for him if he so wishes.

Claiming that the President has not given any of his aides the mandate to speak on his behalf regarding the 2015 presidential contest, Kuku said he was speaking the minds of stakeholders in the Niger Delta region.

He said: “What I said in the U.S has been completely misrepresented. I spoke of the possibility of a degenerate Niger Delta if we do not value the fragile peace we have in the area today. I did not say that the Niger Delta will resort to violence if the President was not re-elected in 2015. I never said that and I couldn’t have said that.

The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Kingsley Kuku, on Tuesday explained his call for the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan during a recent visit to the United States of America.

He said it was informed by his belief that the Jonathan’s administration has stabilised the nation’s economy and can do more if given the time to implement certain pacts signed with ex-agitators in the region which will help in stabilising the fragile peace currently in place.

He noted that over 85 per cent of agreement reached with the former Niger Delta agitators has not been implemented due to some factors, stating that further delay in fulfilling these obligations could affect the relative peace in the region.

Kuku, while debunking media report that he threatened a resurgence of violence in the South-South should Jonathan be schemed out of the 2015 presidential race, said he merely appealed to the conscience of Nigerians and the rest of the world to give Jonathan a chance especially when the Constitution stipulates a two-term of four years for him if he so wishes.

Claiming that the President has not given any of his aides the mandate to speak on his behalf regarding the 2015 presidential contest, Kuku said he was speaking the minds of stakeholders in the Niger Delta region.

He said: “What I said in the U.S has been completely misrepresented. I spoke of the possibility of a degenerate Niger Delta if we do not value the fragile peace we have in the area today. I did not say that the Niger Delta will resort to violence if the President was not re-elected in 2015. I never said that and I couldn’t have said that.