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By Chancel Bomadi Sunday
Wing Commander Peter Yerindideke Biakpara is a retired Air Force officer, former SA on Niger Delta Affairs to President Olusegun Obasanjo and an elder statesman in the Niger Delta. He hails from Tamigbe community in Burutu local government area of Delta State. In this interview, Biakpara tells the Niger Delta militancy story, saying region elders visited militant leaders in their camps where they brokered peace, a development, he says, led to disarmament. He also reacts to the statement credited to former President Goodluck Jonathan in which he stated that his visit to Camp 1 brought about peace and stability in the region. Excerpts:
Who is Wing Commander P.Y. Biakpara?
I am an elder statesman, a former Nigerian Air Force officer, a member of the House of Representatives during the Third Republic, a former Special Adviser on Niger Delta Affairs under President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration, a former Commissioner of Agriculture under Governor Onanefe Ibori’s administration, and an advocate for a better Niger Delta for all.
