Following the intervention of the Minister of
State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu,
over 1500 Niger Delta militants have expressed
their desire to embrace amnesty and surrender
arms to the federal government.
The commanders from Arepo, Ikorodu, Abule,
Fatorla, Ibafo, Magboro, Epe, Itokin, Ilepete,
Okenekene, Agric, Gbokoda camps, Camp 5 and
environs, in a statement made available to Daily
Sun, expressed their desire to surrender arms
and embrace the amnesty program as long as
the federal government is sincere in its
intentions.
The groups hinged their decision on the peaceful
approach of Kachikwu, even as they declared
that all Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC) facilities and its subsidiaries must work
for the betterment of Nigeria and the economic
efficiency in the face of dwindling oil prices.
The statement signed by General OC Babaeere
and General America Tekeiminikpoba on behalf
of other commanders, said:
“We write to express our desire to surrender
our arms and embrace the amnesty program
as long as the federal government is sincere.
“With the timely intervention of the Minister
of State for Petroleum, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe
Kachikwu, we the Commanders from Arepo
Camp, Ikorodu Camp, Abule Camp, Fatorla
Camp, Camp 5, Ibafo Camp, Magboro Camp,
Epe Camp, Itokin Camp, Ilepete Camp,
Okenekene Camp, Agric Camp, Gbokoda
Camp and their environs, have made up our
minds to accept amnesty because of the
peaceful approach of the Minister of State for
Petroleum.
“We also agree that all NNPC facilities and its
subsidiaries must work for the betterment of
Nigeria and the economic efficiency in the
face of dwindling oil prices.
“However, our willingness to surrender
should not be seen as an act of
cowardice, rather, as an act of patriotism.
“Also, as we accept this amnesty, it is
important to state that the first amnesty was
not holistic and was characterized with fraud
and fraudulent selections. We were not
included in that amnesty program. Even as
we tried all avenues to join the program, we
were ignored completely,” the commanders
said.
While wondering why the Kingsley Kuku-led
administration of the Amnesty program had not
been probed, the group drummed-up support
for the administration of President Muhammadu
Buhari.
The statement further read:
“We are using this opportunity to call on all
Nigerians to work with Mr. President to
enable Nigeria move ahead.
“So, as we have agreed to come out, we state
that we should be properly co-opted into the
amnesty program. This is very important
because we have skills and very vast
knowledge and experience in the region. We
have farmers, ship captains, ship engineers,
divers, technicians, welders et cetera, and we
have lived all our life in the region. Therefore,
we understand every inch of the region.
“Suffice to say that we have integrity. We
believe in the peaceful dialogue and peace
initiative by the Minister of State for
Petroleum, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, and
we will wait patiently for the response of the
federal government so that we all can move
Nigeria forward,” the statement read.

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Titto93:
Another big lie

Awwhh.... So you'll have love them to keep the arms & remain as militants in the creeks while you sit in your house hailing their unpatriotic act simply because you want the government to fail so that you can prove that Buhari is a 'dullard'.
Fear God and love humanity!