Ex-militants raise alarm over alleged sale of amnesty slots
UGHELLI – HUNDREDS of ex-militants under the federal government phase II amnesty programme have accused officials of the amnesty office of allegedly selling slots for educational training of ex-militants to influential Nigerians for N500, 000 per individual.
The ex-militants who converged at Ughelli, Delta State, also denounced reports that they were used and paid by the federal government to perpetrate violence in the Bayelsa elections.
Speaking on behalf of the ex-militants, leader of Okurugbolu Amphibiou barrack, “General” Clinton Ebiama, alleged that though the federal government has approved the training for ex-militants, some staff in the office of the Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, are in the habit of selling the slots to persons who are not participants of the programme.
Sounding a note of warning to the federal government to be wary of the activities of these individuals, Ebiama said:
“This has been the case during the Kinsley Kuku era. Now these individuals are perpetuating the same act under the tenure of Gen. Paul Boroh (Retd).
“We are using this opportunity to sound a note of warning to President Muhammad Buhari to be watchful of what is happening in amnesty office because the good intentions of his administration are gradually being truncated by these individuals.”
The ex-militants who converged at Ughelli, Delta State, also denounced reports that they were used and paid by the federal government to perpetrate violence in the Bayelsa elections.
Speaking on behalf of the ex-militants, leader of Okurugbolu Amphibiou barrack, “General” Clinton Ebiama, alleged that though the federal government has approved the training for ex-militants, some staff in the office of the Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, are in the habit of selling the slots to persons who are not participants of the programme.
Sounding a note of warning to the federal government to be wary of the activities of these individuals, Ebiama said:
“This has been the case during the Kinsley Kuku era. Now these individuals are perpetuating the same act under the tenure of Gen. Paul Boroh (Retd).
“We are using this opportunity to sound a note of warning to President Muhammad Buhari to be watchful of what is happening in amnesty office because the good intentions of his administration are gradually being truncated by these individuals.”
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