Nigeria: Plan to End Amnesty Programme - Relocate Oil Facilities, Ex-Militants Tell Govt

4 February 2018

Following reports of plans by the Federal Government to terminate the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, in 2018, ex-militant leader, Chief Kingsley Muturu, has said the Federal Government should relocate oil facilities from Niger Delta before such a provocative move.

Muturu, Chairman, Amnesty Phase II in Delta State, who explained ex-militants' opposition to the planned termination, said: "The ideal of peace and deserved development of Niger Delta, for which late President Musa Umar Yar'Adua laudably offered and implemented the Amnesty programme remains far from being achieved.

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