https://nextedition.com.ng/2018/12/30/benue-taraba-govs-offer-amnesty-criminals/

Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue and his Taraba State counterpart, Darius Ishaku have resolved to grant amnesty to criminals operating along the border of the states.

The offer is part of the resolution at the end of the joint security meeting between the two states held at the Federal University Wukari in Taraba.

Ishaku, who read the communiqué at the end of the tour of some border communities of Abako, Sai and Dogon-Gawa, said the amnesty window took effect immediately and would expire by the end of January 2019.

“We are willing to give amnesty to criminals who are willing to renounce criminality and surrender their weapons so that we can give them better jobs and reintegrate them into the society.

[i]“Criminals willing to surrender, including those that defaulted in the past, are free to contact any of us (governors), traditional rulers and security agencies.

“Elections are around the corner and we will like to do this between now and end of January so that we can secure our places and synergise for peaceful elections,” [/i]he said.

The meeting condemned the spate of kidnappings, armed robbery and banditry involving youths in the states at the border.

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