Eight ex-militants sent abroad for training have been ordered deported by the Federal Government.

Accused of breaching ethical contract are: Igoli Chinese, Kingdom Weri, Omieh Jonathan, Orunnisiede Brinumugha, Otto Agbuwatse, Ogosi Ekankumor, Suama Agbaboh and Thursday Sinclair.

They are expected back from Sri Lanka this week.

They will lose all the rights enjoyed as pardoned ex-militants, in addition to possible prosecution on their return.

No fewer than 16 ex-militants have been deported from the United States, Ghana and South Africa on account of indiscipline and poor conduct.

Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Mr. Kingsley Kuku said the government would not tolerate indiscipline or acts capable of bringing Nigeria’s name into disrepute by those regarded as its ambassadors.

Since its proclamation in October, 2009 by the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, 26, 358 youths have been documented for amnesty; 16,000 have gone through demobilisation in Obubra camp, in addition to undergoing various skill acquisition programmes in Nigeria and overseas.

A statement by the Head, Media and Communication, Amnesty Office, Mr. Henry Ugbolue, yesterday said:

“Determined to stamp out indiscipline among trainees currently enrolled in the Presidential Amnesty Programme, the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and the Chief Executive Officer of the Amnesty Programme, Hon. Kingsley Kuku, has approved the repatriation from Sri Lanka back to Nigeria of eight trainees.

“The eight trainees who have serially breached the Code of Conduct for the Programme’s trainees are Igoli Chinese, Kingdom Weri, Omieh Jonathan, Orunnisiede Brinumugha, Otto Agbuwatse, Ogosi Ekankumor, and Suama Agbaboh and Thursday Sinclair

“The eight trainees were expelled from a vocational training centre in Sri Lanka for offences ranging from fighting to wilful destruction of training equipment.

“The eight trainees who travelled out to Topher Zhang Maritime Vocational Centre Sri Lanka a month ago, to commence vocational training in either undersea welding or boat building are due back in the country this week and shall be immediately handed over to the State Security Services (SSS) for proper profiling and possible prosecution.

“Hon. Kuku has instructed the Accounts Department of the Amnesty Office to stop forthwith the remittances of monthly stipends to the accounts of the affected trainees.

“The Federal Government, the Special Adviser added, will no longer condone serial cases of indiscipline among Amnesty Programme’s trainees posted to vocational or skills acquisition centres both within the country and abroad.

“Indeed Hon. Kuku says the Amnesty Office is considering outright expulsion of unruly trainees from the Programme”.

tpia@:

are those the real names of some of them or are they non-nigerians drafted to help with the struggle and who choose arbitrary names.

tpia@:

are those the real names of some of them or are they non-nigerians drafted to help with the struggle and who choose arbitrary names.

Accused of breaching ethical contract are: Igoli Chinese, Kingdom Weri, Omieh Jonathan, Orunnisiede Brinumugha, Otto Agbuwatse, Ogosi Ekankumor, Suama Agbaboh and[b] Thursday Sinclair[/b].

nagoma:

@ekt bear

What is the Nigerian equivalent of the saying, "You can take a n*gga out of the hood, but can't take the hood out of a n*gga?"

You can take the man out of the creeks but you cant take the creeks out of him.

otokx:

sri lanka of all places; what did they go to learn there?

texazzpete:

I thought GEJ said the only problem with Nigerian tertiary institutions was poor accommodation? So why are we sending these folks overseas with our tax money?

apoti:

You cannot separate a pig from the mud