PANDEF lampoons Police for disrupting its Assembly, Issues 11 point Communique

The Pan Niger Delta Forum PANDEF has issued an eleven point Communiqué at the End of its 4th General Assembly Held at Hotel Presidential Port-Harcourt.

The General Assembly received and ratified the draft constitution of PANDEF, which was earlier approved by the General House at a special meeting held in Abuja.

The General Assembly also constituted a 12-man committee on zoning of offices and a 6-man Electoral committee for elections into positions within the organization ahead of its forthcoming elections.

PANDEF National Leader Chief Edwin Clark who addressed newsmen at the end of the General Assembly however noted with concern the disruption of its meeting at the Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt by security personnel from the Department of State Services DSS and the Nigerian Police Force.

Chief clerk wondered why PANDEF Assembly should be stopped while leaders of other Geo - political zones have had such meetings uninterrupted.

While reacting to the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer Rivers State Command, DSP Nnamdi Omoni said there was intelligent report of attack at the venue of the meeting and had to put up preventive measures.

DSP Omoni said the constitutional duty of the Police was to provide security and maintain peace in the society.

PANDEF is an umbrella body comprising all ethnic nationalities from Niger Delta extraction.