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Fresh Group Of Militants Pressure FG For Amnesty by WIZGUY69(m): 5:38pm On Feb 17, 2016 |
Several militants involved in violent activities
in Arepo, Lagos, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Cross
Rivers and Delta State are making efforts to
submit their arms and ammunition to the
Federal Government.
The Federal Government is battling the
vandals at Arepo, Lagos, through a Joint
Military Task Force codenamed Operation
Awase.
The Special Adviser to the President on the
Niger Delta and Coordinator, Presidential
Amnesty Programme, Brig. Gen. Paul Boroh,
(retd), said during a press briefing in Abuja
on Wednesday, that while those willing to
disarm at Arepo were 1,500, the figure from
the other states might in the same category.
He said that some of the contact people to
the militants in the other states in the South
South had been linking up with the office on
the issue of disarmament.
Boroh said that he had plans to write the
Presidency for permission to receive the
arms and ammunition from the wiling
militants because it was in the interest of the
country to ensure that such dangerous
weapons were taken away from them.
According to him, some of the militants
intending to disarm were displaced from
Bakassi while others who were armed in
other states were willing to lay down the
dangerous weapons.
Boroh said that several militants were opting
to disarm because of the success recorded by
the Amnesty Programme.
He commended the President for his
commitment to peace and stability on the
Niger Delta by sustaining the Programme.
He said, “Since my appointment, I have come
up with pragmatic steps towards ensuring
stability in the Niger Delta region.
“For example, I am making a letter to the
appropriate higher authorities to allow for
disarmament at Arepo, Lagos; there are also
some elements that want to do the same in
Delta, Bayelsa, Akwaibom, Cross Rivers and
others.
“Some of those persons were displaced from
Bakassi, some were armed and ready to
disarm as well. It is more so because the
Amnesty Programme is succeeding. Also, it is
in the interest of the country that more
people are disarming.
“A total 1,500 to disarm are to disarm at
Arepo. The figure is huge and frightening. In
Delta, I am not too sure of the exact number;
verification has to be made. But there is a
point of contact with them. It is also the
same in the other areas.”
“We must appreciate the President for the
sustenance its of this Programme.”
Boroh stated also that the Amnesty Office had
ensured the training of 17,000 put of the
30,000 ex-militants listed under the
Programme from 2009 to August 2015.
He said that 3232 of the ex-militants would
have been disengaged from the Amnesty
Programme by the first quarter of 2016.
He said that the office had to come up with
an exit strategy of empowering the trained
delegates with starter packages to erase the
impression that the government would pay
the N65, 000 stipends forever.
He added that some of the ex-agitators would
be pulled out of the Programme every
quarter of the year,
Boroh who called on the Ministry of Works,
the Niger Delta Development Commission, the
Ministry of Environment and other
government bodies to play their role of
developing the region, said that a change in
the name of the office would necessary. www.punchng.com/fresh-group-militants-pressure-fg-drop-arms/ |
Re: Fresh Group Of Militants Pressure FG For Amnesty by Elosky20: 5:49pm On Feb 17, 2016 |
militant here, bokoharam there and ipob the other side bt i knw nigeria will emerge victorious. |
Re: Fresh Group Of Militants Pressure FG For Amnesty by Tunami(m): 6:47pm On Feb 17, 2016 |
double wahala for deadi body ''Nigerian economy''. |
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