Niger Delta Ex Militants under the auspices of the Refined Niger Delta Militants (RNDM), has demanded the immediate resignation of the interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Col. Milland Dikkio (rtd) on an alleged plan to terminate the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme.
The group which made the demand in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on Wednesday, through its coordinator, Gen. Alabeni Otobo expressed worry that if the alleged plan to end the Amnesty programme is true, it will generate to renewed militancy in the creeks of the Niger Delta oil-rich region.
He said that an end to the programme will the peace of the country.
He noted that the consequences would be disastrous to the nation’s economy as well as insecurity in the country if President Buhari fails to act fast on this devilish plot against the Niger Delta ex-agitators.
Gen. Otobo reiterated that the Federal government of Nigeria has not fulfilled its part of the agreements reached with the Niger Delta agitators before they accept Amnesty in 2009, noting that out of the Thirty-five thousand (35, 000 00) beneficiaries, only about twenty thousand (20, 000) had acquired training and education.
“What will be the fate of the remaining fifteen thousand (15, 000 00) if the programme is abruptly terminated? That means they have no other option than to go back to the creeks to renew agitation, and the destruction of oil pipelines will be the order of the day. And you know the consequences that will befall the Nigerian government if such happen.
“The Federal government had not even built the 3bedroom flat with a car promised to each of the ex-agitators of the Niger Delta and Mr Dikkio is planning with the National Security Adviser, Mr Babagana Mugunu and some of our selfish, myopic self-acclaimed leaders to terminate the programme.
“Let Miland go back to study the terms of the agreement signed with former President Umaru Musa Yaradua of blessed memory before engaging himself unto this fruitless devilish plot against his own people. He should know that the reason for his appointment is to serve and protect our interest and not the other way round, Gen. Otobo stated.”
Meanwhile, they charged the interim Chairman Dikkio and his committee members to as a matter of urgency follow the laydown procedures by deploying them now to study in the university, if not, the peace in the country would be threatened when they renew hostility in the creeks of Niger Delta.
