Nigeria: Activist Wants Abe Probed Over N50 Billion Amnesty Fund

19 October 2011

P/Harcourt — Niger Delta activist, Onengiye Erekosima has called on the federal government to investigate how the N50billion amnesty fund was spent by the presidential amnesty committee.

Erekosima, who is the President, Foundation for Peace and Non-violence in Nigeria, in a chat with newsmen in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital on Tuesday challenged Senator Godwin Abe who was the chairman of the committee to explain to Nigerians how the funds were used.

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