Ex-militants Proitest Against Paul Boroh...threaten to go back to creeks over unpaid allowances, petition EFCC
WARRI – EX-MILTANTS
under the Amnesty Phase II today have threatened to go back to the creeks to
cause colossal damages to the Nigerian Economy if the Presidential Amnesty
Office fails to correct, reactivate their bank accounts as well as pay them
their entitlements including stipends. Militant Messrs Aron Emmanuel, Roland
Moses and Segba Perez as Chairman, Secretary and Public Relations Officer
respectively handed down the threat on behalf of the Ex-militants during a conference
in Warri today.
The Ex-militants
claimed that they have not been receiving their entitlement since 2010 after
their trainings. The Ex-Militants accuses Officials of the Presidential Amnesty
Office of alleged connivance with their leaders in diverting their stipends
from the United Bank of Africa,UBA, the initial account opened for them to
other banks particularly the Fidelity and Ecobank.
They claimed that they
have made several attempts has been since 2010 till date to the amnesty office
in Abuja but no result was achieved stressing that,” We have not received any
payment since that time.” The Ex-militants also claimed that they have been
threatened with death warnings by unknown persons pointing out that some of
their colleagues have died.
They appealed to the
President Muhammadu Buhari led administration to help correct the anomalies in
the Presidential Amnesty Office with a view to paying them their entitlements
as they are now ready to return to the Creeks to forement more troubles and
cause damage to the economy of the country.
The Ex-militants also
called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to correct and reactivate their
bank accounts as well as pay them their long overdue stipends under the ongoing
the Presidential Amnesty Programme. The Ex-militants also want the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to investigate the the fraud in the Amnesty
Office pointing out that they have forwarded documents to its Abuja Office to
that effects.
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