Nigeria: MEND Rejects Yar' Adua's Amnesty

4 April 2009

Warri — THE offer of amnesty for militants in the Niger Delta announced Thursday by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has continued to elicit reactions, with the mainstream militant group, Movement for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND), yesterday describing the condition given by the Federal Government for its proposed amnesty as unrealistic.

While MEND toes a hardline stance, prominent voices in society, especially from the Niger Delta welcomed the decision, and urged the militants to take up President Yar'Adua's offer.

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