Vehicular movement and commercial activities were disrupted along the busy East-West (Warri-Port Harcourt) highway when some ex-militants trooped on to the road at about 7 am yesterday to protest the non-payment of their allowances by the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Office and Special Adviser on Niger Delta, Mr. Kingsley Kuku.


The protesters led by the Bayelsa State Third Phase Amnesty Chairman, Mr. Ebi John, were said to have taken over the road, obstructing the free flow of traffic.


Travellers and commuters were stranded as the ex-militants chanted war songs demanding that Kuku pays them without further delay.
Shortly after they barricaded the road, military patrol vans and two Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) driven by armed soldiers were said to have swooped in on the ex-militants.


The soldiers were said to have shot into the air many times to dispel the protesters from the road, resulting in a stampede.
As the stand off between the soldiers and the youths ensued, some members of the Bayelsa State Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led by the state chairman of the party, Mr. Tiwe Oruminighe, rushed to the scene.


Oruminighe assembled the protesters and appealed to them to leave the road to avoid violence and bloodshed.
He said blocking the road was not a solution to their plight and promised that the leadership of APC in the state would seek to resolve the issues.


He said the new federal government led by President Muhammadu Buhari was genuinely concerned about the problems of the Niger Delta region and should be given time to solve them.
“We came here to talk with you to leave the road. It is a federal road and does not belong to Bayelsa State. If you block that road, you are not helping the government at the centre, which has come to create wealth for us.


“As brothers, I want you to understand that we need to join hands together to give some time to the government to create what we want.
“We have some notable sons and daughters that are already in this government such as Timipre Sylva, Rotimi Amaechi, Adams Oshiomhole and many others who will be taking our matter to the president.


“I want to promise you that your matter will be taken to the highest level and will be addressed in the shortest possible time,” he said.
But the Association of Presidential Amnesty Programme Vendors (APAV) accused the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF) and some staff of the Amnesty Office of delaying the payment of their allowances and scholarship funding for the ex-militants being trained under the programme.


According to the association, though the Presidential Amnesty Office under the leadership of Kuku had pleaded with the ex-militants on overseas training and at home to remain calm, preliminary investigations showed that the delayed payments was caused by sabotage by key personnel and staff of the Presidential Amnesty Office.


In a statement issued yesterday by its Chairman, Dr. Amgbakuromor Youbeni, the group alleged that preliminary investigations had shown that the delay in payment of allowances was caused by Mr. Ayoola Peters, Director of Finance and Accounts, and the Deputy Director of Procurement in the Amnesty Office.


“These persons have deliberately stayed away from work for the past two months, thereby frustrating the efforts of the Amnesty Office to settle outstanding payments to ex-militant youths and scholarship students worldwide.


“These people have deliberately stayed away from the office in order to frustrate and sabotage the efforts of Kingsley Kuku to ensure the proper training and welfare of amnesty trainees located across the globe,” the association claimed.


It said the situation was causing untold hardship and suffering for thousands of young Niger Delta students around the world, many of whom have been stopped or about to be stopped from attending classes due to non-payment of their tuition fees, “while some are being evicted from their accommodation due to non-payment”.


“We have discovered that Mr. Ayoola Peters is conniving with the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF) to deliberately delay the May allocation to the Amnesty Office, so that he and other senior directors will sign off and disburse the funds as they deem fit when Kingsley Kuku leaves office.


“In view of the sensitive nature and the national security challenges of the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme, the Presidential Amnesty Programme Vendors Association led by Dr. Amgbakuromor Youbeni wish to call on President Buhari to allow Kingsley Kuku to continue running the affairs of the office pending the nomination of his successor,” the group said.



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K

Lazy set of people



Things can't continue like this for ever



Make use of the once you already have to better your life



And stop this blame game


Rubbish

Na injustice de cause all this wahala.
Some big shots ll just sit on top your share n you're left with no option but to act mad.

No pisure?

Mttcheeeeew....**runs out of thread

................

Problems everywhere in d country....wetin common man lke me go cme do na?

what a country!

The president is busy gallavinating round the world while nigeria is burning

blame buhari, GEJ till 2022

kunu

missbehave247:
K

Face 1 of ex-militant gathering

OK kontinu

3d

Interesting days ahead

Buhari will end the amnesty in Dec
Buhari will bomb them if they agitate
Crude Oil will flow unpertubed even in crisis
Anybody or group who agitates for resource control will be shot at sight
Boko haram shall down tools shortly
Anybody who attempts to mention Biafra or seccession shall meet the full weight of the law
And peace shall reign all over the country with these suppressions

Sometimes I wish to share in the cinderella and fairy tale stories of some dumb heads

Hehehehehe!
Just for Kuku to remain in the office? No wahala.

DaBullIT:
Na so them dey start, They are complaining for non payment of thier amnesty fees, people who have no certificates or degrees whatsoever being paid at least 50 thousand Naira for doing absolutely no work

If they wound a soldier now and (the soldier happens to be a fulani/hausa ) and other soldiers retaliate they will start screaming that They are being killed

Anyways , It's time for this Fraud to end

And the brainless Dullard with no certificate is busy travelling about with Niger Delta Oil Money.

We are Watching.

U 4 atleast post pictures... Dtz easier 2 bliv dn all d super story u jst typd....

DaBullIT:
Na so them dey start, They are complaining for non payment of thier amnesty fees, people who have no certificates or degrees whatsoever being paid at least 50 thousand Naira for doing absolutely no work

If they wound a soldier now and (the soldier happens to be a fulani/hausa ) and other soldiers retaliate they will start screaming that They are being killed

Anyways , It's time for this Fraud to end

Don't you think they should just be paid at least till December when amnesty will officially end. I have a soft spot for the militancy cause although it's not even 60% pure but I have had a direct feel of the environmental impacts of oil exploration in ND.

This amnesty programme is another scam like it's partner - subsidy. It was designed to help those who decided to carry guns against the nigerian state. What about those of us that decided to equip ourselves with books? Why are we left out? Why are graduates of niger delta strugglinq to earn a livinq? These are questions that quickly comes to mind of any sane individual. Before I continue, let me quickly say I am from niger delta & I can say that this amnesty programme is selective and the beneficiaries are in nigeria squandering the money instead of beinq in dubai, s.africa etc learning their whatever God knows. I said it's selective, yea it is. You know why? How can you explain the fact that only persons from ijaw extraction are being paid when we know they aren't only the militants? That office of the amnesty needs to be probed, if you ask me. Buhari must man-up & step-up his game to deal with this else, it will be the mole in his govt. You know what? That is not all…… how do the govt even know those that are even "militants" ? What measures do the govt have in place to checkmate the beneficiaries? A thorough analysis of the programme will reveal that many of the beneficiaries never held a gun at any time…… they are being paid because they were shortlisted by their friends, family or anybody (it's not hard to be shortlisted once u are an ijaw or related by blood). It is even more interesting to know that those who really carried the guns never accepted this lie - amnesty (though not all). The amnesty is a two-edged sword that cannot be stopped without a fight and it must be stopped now!

These so called Ex militants will continually be paid for doing no work. Allowances, Scholarship and the others.....Keep enjoying as Nigeria still get am for money

shit is getting interesting everyday....Buhari has two major issues to tackle...the Boko Haram menace and the impending Niger Delta issue, if Buhari wants to stop the amnesty given to the Niger Delta Militants he has to find another means of empowering them otherwise we will start witnessing another large scale disruption of oil supply in the Niger Delta which will definitely affect the Nigerian Economy

Exactly 7am here some of d ex millitant schooling @ igbenedion university okada,block d eva busy benin ore lagos highway due to nor payment of their allowance n tuition fees.it took d attention of d state commissioner of police to savage d situation and an agreement was signed.even d heavy presence of soldiers n sars did nt change anytin.buhari ve a lot to do.God help him

ECOTERRORS:
The president is busy gallavinating round the world while nigeria is burning

Why do I have the feeling that you are being paid by the opposition party to demonize the ruling party.. Well am loving your tantrums.. They are fuc..king hilarious

Perfect. The stage is set.

The report didn't tell us how the militants clashed with the soldiers.

naijapip:
Vehicular movement and commercial activities were disrupted along the busy East-West (Warri-Port Harcourt) highway when some ex-militants trooped on to the road at about 7 am yesterday to protest the non-payment of their allowances by the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Office and Special Adviser on Niger Delta, Mr. Kingsley Kuku.


The protesters led by the Bayelsa State Third Phase Amnesty Chairman, Mr. Ebi John, were said to have taken over the road, obstructing the free flow of traffic.


Travellers and commuters were stranded as the ex-militants chanted war songs demanding that Kuku pays them without further delay.
Shortly after they barricaded the road, military patrol vans and two Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) driven by armed soldiers were said to have swooped in on the ex-militants.


The soldiers were said to have shot into the air many times to dispel the protesters from the road, resulting in a stampede.
As the stand off between the soldiers and the youths ensued, some members of the Bayelsa State Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led by the state chairman of the party, Mr. Tiwe Oruminighe, rushed to the scene.


Oruminighe assembled the protesters and appealed to them to leave the road to avoid violence and bloodshed.
He said blocking the road was not a solution to their plight and promised that the leadership of APC in the state would seek to resolve the issues.


He said the new federal government led by President Muhammadu Buhari was genuinely concerned about the problems of the Niger Delta region and should be given time to solve them.
“We came here to talk with you to leave the road. It is a federal road and does not belong to Bayelsa State. If you block that road, you are not helping the government at the centre, which has come to create wealth for us.


“As brothers, I want you to understand that we need to join hands together to give some time to the government to create what we want.
“We have some notable sons and daughters that are already in this government such as Timipre Sylva, Rotimi Amaechi, Adams Oshiomhole and many others who will be taking our matter to the president.


“I want to promise you that your matter will be taken to the highest level and will be addressed in the shortest possible time,” he said.
But the Association of Presidential Amnesty Programme Vendors (APAV) accused the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF) and some staff of the Amnesty Office of delaying the payment of their allowances and scholarship funding for the ex-militants being trained under the programme.


According to the association, though the Presidential Amnesty Office under the leadership of Kuku had pleaded with the ex-militants on overseas training and at home to remain calm, preliminary investigations showed that the delayed payments was caused by sabotage by key personnel and staff of the Presidential Amnesty Office.


In a statement issued yesterday by its Chairman, Dr. Amgbakuromor Youbeni, the group alleged that preliminary investigations had shown that the delay in payment of allowances was caused by Mr. Ayoola Peters, Director of Finance and Accounts, and the Deputy Director of Procurement in the Amnesty Office.


“These persons have deliberately stayed away from work for the past two months, thereby frustrating the efforts of the Amnesty Office to settle outstanding payments to ex-militant youths and scholarship students worldwide.


“These people have deliberately stayed away from the office in order to frustrate and sabotage the efforts of Kingsley Kuku to ensure the proper training and welfare of amnesty trainees located across the globe,” the association claimed.


It said the situation was causing untold hardship and suffering for thousands of young Niger Delta students around the world, many of whom have been stopped or about to be stopped from attending classes due to non-payment of their tuition fees, “while some are being evicted from their accommodation due to non-payment”.


“We have discovered that Mr. Ayoola Peters is conniving with the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF) to deliberately delay the May allocation to the Amnesty Office, so that he and other senior directors will sign off and disburse the funds as they deem fit when Kingsley Kuku leaves office.


“In view of the sensitive nature and the national security challenges of the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme, the Presidential Amnesty Programme Vendors Association led by Dr. Amgbakuromor Youbeni wish to call on President Buhari to allow Kingsley Kuku to continue running the affairs of the office pending the nomination of his successor,” the group said.



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Lazy bunch. Why can't they invest the ones they've collected these past years.... We igbos do not have such time(sitting doing nothing nd getting paid). Too

seunlayi:
Baba, where hath Thou? Nigeria seems to be boiling since you took over power

make e boil. whoever die, the family loose not Buahri. Even if 20,000 people die one day, Nigeria will remain.