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Groups of ex-militants (now known as ex-agitators) in the Niger Delta have confirmed that the present managing director of the Niger Delta...
Amnesty Office was constitutionally tasked to mop up all the arms in the Niger Delta, train the bearers and re-integrate them into the system. For years, the programme has not recovered enough. That is why we still have problems in the Gulf of Guinea. For peace to reign in the Gulf of Guinea and the Niger Delta, we need a body that can strategically mop up these arms and usher peace to the region. The Amnesty Office was meant to de-radicalise, educate the freedom fighters and militants in the creeks.
While these things are done, the Governors of the various states too should meet and take common positions on all the issues that will facilitate and help the military operations especially decisions or measures that will undermine the strength of the bandits. For instance, ban on use of motorcycle, buying of fuel in jerrican in those areas among others. It should be a unanimous decision by the states.
63 PDP chieftains join APC in Ondo Photo Credit: The Nation Nigeria 63 chieftains of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Idanre Local
An Ijaw leader and elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark,, has denounced plans for giving criminals in the north of that country amnesty.