Ex-militants to Protest Non-payment of Stipends

Ex-militants from the Niger Delta thursday said they had concluded arrangements to march on Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, if the payment of their stipends is not effected soon.

The former warlords lamented alleged moves in the Amnesty Office to deny them their stipends and other benefits, noting that the programme has been infiltrated by non-Niger Deltans.

Coming under the third phase Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), the ex-militants urged the current Coordinator of the programme, Prof Charles Dokubo, to investigate their complaints and resolve their problem.

Leader of the group, ‘General’ Cairo Esenatebe, appealed to the federal government to consider their travails with a sense of urgency and seriousness.

THISDAY, March 30, 2018

 

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