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### Viewing cable 08LAGOS386, NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR HEARS BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S VIEWS

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 LAGOS 000386

    SIPDIS

    STATE FOR AF/W, INR/AA
    STATE PASS NSC FOR BOBBY PITTMAN

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/25/2016
    TAGS: PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
    SUBJECT: NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR HEARS BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S VIEWS
    ON COMBATING MILITANCY IN HIS STATE AND ON THE NEW NIGER
    DELTA MINISTRY AND TECHNICAL COMMMITTEE

    REF: ABUJA 1898

    Classified By: AMBASSADOR ROBIN R. SANDERS FOR REASONS 1.4 (B, D)

    ¶1. (C) Summary: Ambassador led an interagency team to Bayelsa
    September 27 for a one-day orientation trip to look at
    possible partnerships through a pilot program that would
    focus on youth needs and development (see septel on these
    issues), but also had the opportunity, on the three hour
    drive from Warri in Delta State to Bayelsa,s capital
    Yenagoa, to have a one-on-one with Governor Timipre Silva on
    current militancy and security issues in his state.  Silva
    highlighted his safe haven efforts on behalf of militant
    leader Joshua MacGyver because of the latter,s assistance to
    the Nigerian Joint Military Task Force (JTF) on locating
    other militant camps, particularly those of militant leader
    "Boyloaf" and his 600-strong followers.  Silva also noted
    that he had two recent meetings with President Yar,Adua
    September 19 and 24, in which the latter said he was
    considering a restructuring proposal that would offer the
    Niger Delta conflict states equity shares in the Nigerian
    National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).  Silva also said that
    he raised with Yar,Adua the possibility of providing amnesty
    to MacGyver since he was giving accurate intelligence to the
    JTF on militant locations; Yar,Adua reportedly supported
    this idea. The Bayelsa Governor also noted that the new Chief
    of Defense Staff (CDS), General Dike, had just been in
    Bayelsa and met with him as well as MacGyver.  The Governor
    emphasized that he, as well as his counterparts in Rivers and
    Delta States, were extremely pleased with "the new direction
    and commitment to do the right thing on the Niger Delta (ND)
    by Yar,Adua, particularly as regards to the ND Ministry, and
    technical committee, as well as he willingness to listen,
    respond, seek their advice, and hold meetings with them."
    End Summary.

    ¶2. (C) During the Ambassador and the U.S. Mission,s
    Interagency/section team visit (DoD/OSC, USAID, and Lagos
    POL-ECON and PAS) to Bayelsa on September 27 to examine ways
    for project and program development in the areas of
    agriculture, education and youth conflict management, she had
    an opportunity to hear the Governor,s views on how he is
    addressing militancy and security in his state, a readout
    from his recent meetings with President Yar,Adua on Niger
    Delta (ND) issues, as well as about his work on fiscal
    responsibility and anti-corruption (for the latter two points
    and development issues see septel).  This sidebar discussion
    with the Governor on militancy and more details on the
    security situation took place on the three hour drive from
    Warri, capital of Delta State, to Bayelsa,s capital,
    Yenagoa. Office of Security Cooperation Chief and USAID
    Mission Director were also in the van.

    ¶3.  (C)  On the militancy and security issues, Governor Silva
    highlighted his work and that of the JTF with militant leader
    Joshua MacGyver to ferret out militant leaders such as
    "Boyloaf" and others.  "MacGyver is supplying useful
    intelligence to the JTF and has been helpful thus far in
    destroying some key militant locations," Silva explained.  He
    added that since early August he has been providing safe
    haven support to MacGyver since many of his former militant
    colleagues are after him for supporting the JTF.  The
    Governor noted that he moved MacGyver around several times a
    day for his protection, including at times in and out of his
    Governor,s Mansion.  Ambassador asked what made MacGyver
    decide to come in from the cold as a militant. Silva said
    that MacGyver had a secondary education, was about 22 years
    old and had explained to the Governor he "was tired of the
    life and hoped that he could continue his education and
    pursue his desire to become a lawyer."   The Bayelsa Governor
    added that there was not "really much for the militants to do
    with the money they earned from bunkering, etc., because they
    could not go anywhere to spend it, and only reaped the
    limited benefits it provided to them within the areas of the
    creeks," he concluded.  Silva said that he supported having
    MacGyver granted amnesty since he was providing good
    intelligence to the JTF, and had raised this issue with
    President Yar,Adua in his last meeting with him on September

    ¶24.  In retaliation, "Boyloaf" had attacked MacGyver,s old
    camp, but there were only a few followers who had remained
    there. (Note: Later in the day, Ambassador and OSC Chief had
    the opportunity to be introduced to Bayelsa State JTF
    Commander Musa, and the District Head of the State Security
    Service (SSS) at the Governor,s Mansion.  We also note in a
    September 24 meeting between Ambassador and Delta State
    traditional leader and statesmen Chief E.K. Clark, the latter
    claimed that he had submitted a list of militants to
    Yar,Adua to also consider for amnesty. End note).

    ¶4. (C) Overall, Silva said, he supported amnesty because this
    was the best vehicle to separate militants from criminals.
    "Anyone left out after the amnesty and still engaged in
    violence would and could be viewed as a criminal and we would
    go after them in a law enforcement capacity," he concluded.
    "If there is some sort of amnesty given to militants with
    real political and development issues, then those that remain
    outside of this framework are the criminals, and they can be
    dealt with in a comprehensive law enforcement strategy that
    would have to encompass all three conflict-prone Delta Region
    states at one time.  Right now," he continued, "there is a
    piecemeal approach which allows both militants and criminals
    to move from state-to-state when the pressure gets too much
    in one state in the Region," he summarized.

    ¶5. (C) Ambassador then asked Silva how well he knew
    "Boyloaf"; he said fairly well, and that he was committed to
    working with the JTF to catch him, adding that "we are
    eventually going to get him."  The Governor added that
    "Boyloaf" was not educated, is about 34-35 years old, and is
    known to have about 600 men who move between Rivers and
    Bayelsa.  He noted that the new Chief of Defense Staff (CDS)
    Dike had been in Bayelsa and Rivers earlier in the week and
    that he had a good feeling about him and his commitment to do
    "the right thing in the Delta Region."  Silva explained that
    General Dike was from the Asaba area of Delta State (its
    capital), but in his view more ethnically an Igbo, although
    he admitted those in the Asaba area do ot consider
    themselves Igbo.  The Governor also said that Dike had an
    opportunity to meet MacGyver while he was in Bayelsa.  In his
    meeting with the CDS, Silva claimed that he told General Dike
    that the JTF needed a more comprehensive tri-State strategy
    in order to "prevent the militants from moving from
    state-to-state in the Delta Region when military pressure was
    put on them in only one state at a time."  He added that he
    disagreed with Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, whose
    position is to bomb the militants, because in his view this
    was causing too much collateral damage, which in the end
    gains the militants more support. In most cases the militants
    use the communities as shields from the JTF, he stated.

    ¶6.  (C)  Ambassador asked about militant leader Henry Okah as
    she had been hearing that he was ill with kidney disease.
    The Bayelsa Governor said he had heard this also and that
    Okah was very ill, but had "mixed views" on Okah because he
    blamed him for what he had done to the Delta Region by
    playing a key role in bringing arms into the region in the
    first place, which in his view was the crux of the current
    problems in Bayelsa, Rivers, and Delta States as regards to
    both militancy and criminality. (Note: Ambassador had heard
    that Okah would be moved to an SSS site in Jos and given
    medical treatment to address problems with his kidney disease
    in the next couple of weeks. End note).

    ¶7. (C) Silva took time to recount additional points from a
    September 19 meeting with President Yar,Adua on which he had
    already briefed the Ambassador (reftel) and his views on the
    establishment of a Niger Delta (ND) Ministry and technical
    committee.  In addition to pushing his slate of candidates
    for the new Minister position with the strong caveat that the
    person must come from the Delta Region, Silva said that his
    other criteria included that the person had to be respected,
    a good manager, and maybe even a technocrat.  Ambassador
    noted that she had heard from other contacts that the senior
    government leadership wanted and was looking for someone from
    the region for the job, and at one time had heard Ibori,s
    name mentioned as being on a short list. Silva said that
    although Yar,Adua did not show his hand on who was his top
    choice or on his short list, he had not heard that the
    government was seriously considering someone like Ibori as
    this would be suicide and a real disappointment. She then
    asked Governor Silva his views on the new ND technical
    committee, and how well he knew the new chairperson Ledum
    Mittee, noting that she would be meeting him on September 30.
     The Governor said he knew Mittee but not well, but was
    pleased that the latter had reached out and asked each
    governor of the five Delta Region States to submit 2-3 names
    of individuals that they would want to serve on the
    committee.

    ¶8. (C) Silva then underscored that he was pleased with the
    "new direction of Yar,Adua on the Niger Delta (ND)," and
    that he was pleased that the President had finally decided to
    personally take control of the ND issue and take it out of
    the hands of VP Jonathan,s office, showing some leadership
    in this area.  In addition, the new ND Ministry provides the
    Delta Region "for the first time, a seat at the table, at the
    Federal Executive Council (FEC), and gives us the best hope
    in a long time that there might be real progress on ND
    issues," he concluded.  "People are tired of the insecurity
    and lack of development and many of the boys (meaning
    militants) want a new and different kind of life. We need to
    work with them and encourage them to come out of the creeks,
    and separate the militant issue from the criminal issue," he
    summed up.

    ¶9. (C) In wrapping up before we reached Bayelsa,s capital
    Yenagoa, Governor Silva said that President Yar,Adua had
    also shared his current thinking as regards to restructuring
    the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC.  He said that
    the Nigerian President was considering a proposal that would
    given the three conflict Niger Delta states equity in NNPC,
    but had to work with the Governors on what percentages of
    equity shares would be fair. Silva said he told the Nigerian
    President that he liked the idea of equity shares from NNPC
    and supported this approach.  The Ambassador suggested that
    in these discussions that it might be useful to look at
    models and best practices on the development of any kind of
    equity share program before pursuing this path to ensure that
    it is done in a fair and transparent manner.  Ambassador
    briefly asked, as the road trip was coming to a close, what
    Silva thought should be done with the Niger Delta Development
    Corporation (NDDC) since it had not done an effective job on
    development in the region, in addition to problems with
    transparency and corruption. Silva concluded that NDDC should
    be brought under the new Niger Delta Ministry as an agency
    instead of a parastatal.

    ¶10. (C)  Comment:  The three hour drive to Yenagoa proved
    useful and informative as Silva shared his current thinking
    and actions on security in his state and his work with the
    JTF to ferret out militants and criminals. He also provided
    the first news we have heard on what Yar,Adua is thinking as
    regards to restructuring NNPC, particularly the idea of an
    NNPC equity share program for Bayelsa, Rivers, and Delta
    States.  Meanwhile, the Presidential Villa is being
    tight-lipped about its short list for Minister of the Niger
    Delta and speculation remains that the new government will be
    announced sometime soon after Nigeria,s October 1
    Independence Day celebrations. We have heard names ranging
    from ex-governor Ibori to others as those being considered,
    but lately we have not heard any front runner,s name. If the
    government was considering Ibori for the job at anytime as
    reported on Internet blogs and elsewhere, it does not appear
    to be the case now. We raised our concern about the Ibori
    possibility for this position as did the UK, according to its
    High Commissioner. The Niger Delta technical committee seems
    to be moving forward, and Ambassador will meet with the
    Committee Chair September 30.

    ¶11. (U) This cable was drafted in Abuja.

    BLAIR

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