The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND has endorsed moves by Ijaw national leader and elder statesman, Edwin Clark aimed at reconciling Henry Okah and his brother Charles with former President Goodluck Jonathan.

This was contained in a press statement issued on Sunday by MEND’s spokesman, Jomo Gbomo, who explained that the decision was taken at a meeting between the group and Clark in Abuja.

The Okah brothers had filed a N5 billion libel lawsuit against former Jonathan and his media aide, Ikechukwu Eze, for allegedly breaching their fundamental right to fair hearing.

MEND said that the meeting was essentially to find an out-of-court settlement with the former President and efforts to find sustainable solutions to the current Niger Delta crisis.

The statement read: “We are indeed, sufficiently convinced that reconciliation between the Okah brothers, on the one hand and former President Goodluck Jonathan, on the other hand; is in the overall interest of the Niger Delta region.”

“More especially at this critical point when the region and its key actors and stakeholders must speak in unison so as to attract peace and development.

“We therefore hope and believe that, in a few days’ time, Chief Edwin Clark shall formally summon a meeting of the former President and counsel to the Okah brothers to finalize and lay the issue(s) to rest,” the group stated.

It would be recalled that former president Jonathan had consistently accused the Okah brothers of trying to kill him.

The Okah brothers are currently being remanded in Kuje Prison as they continue to face trial for allegedly masterminding the October 1, 2010 bomb blast.

In a recent incident of prisoners’ riot in the Kuje Prison, counsel to the Okah brothers, Timipa Okponipere, accused the federal government of looking for a way to kill his clients.

Meanwhile, some days ago, two splinter groups of the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB, chose Charles Okah as their leader to oversee the surrender of the Biafran Flag to the Nigerian Government, signaling an end to the secession struggle.