OPINION: NIGER DELTA PRESIDENTIAL AMNESTY PROGRAMME LIFE CIRCLE
On 25 June 2009, late President Umoru Yar’Adua granted presidential amnesty to Niger Delta militants who were willing to surrender their weapons and renounce armed struggle within a 60-day ultimatum (6 August–4 October 2009). The Federal Government targeted up to 10,000 militants whose attacks in the six Niger Delta states had cost the country a
Source: thewillnigeria.com