Irked by
what he described as the deliberate exclusion of members of his camp from
documentation and integration into Phase Three of the amnesty programme,
ex-militant leader, David Owhegbe, has issued a two- week ultimatum to the
Special Adviser to the President on Amnesty, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, to correct the
anomaly, failing which he will mobilise his men to attack oil installations in
Delta State.
Addressing
newsmen during a protest by members of his camp in Ughelli, Delta State,
Owhegbe lamented that the time frame promised them “for our documentation and
payment of stipend has long expired without any payment made to us.”
Meanwhile,
in a letter addressed to Kingsley Kuku, the ex-militants noted: “Upon the
proclamation of the amnesty programme by the Federal Government, our members
with retinue of militants under their control, voluntarily surrendered all
their control and management to the sector 1, Joint Task Force, JTF, at the
Effurun Barracks, Delta State.
“At the
ground where our members submitted their arms and ammunition, they were given
assurances that they would be documented on or before two months to enable them
benefit fully from the amnesty scheme. They were told that on or before mid
2011, they would be documented and would be receiving stipends for their
up-keep just like other ex-militants. Up till date, nothing has been done for
our members in that regard.”
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