Panic an inevitable
feeling that loomed around citizen of Delta region due to threat to disrupt
peace by some aggrieved youths angry over the delay by the Federal Government
to pay
allowances and tuition fees to beneficiaries of the Amnesty deal within
and outside the country.
The concerned
ex-militant leaders, led by Pastor Rueben Wilson, said though series of
complaints had been sent to President Muhammadu Buhari over the deplorable
condition of amnesty beneficiaries in Europe, America and South Africa without
response, reports available showed that the delay in payment was throwing up
security issues and dangerous disenchantment among the ex-militant youths.
The
ex-militant leaders, in a statement in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, said that the
alert sent to the President was to draw his attention to the issues in the
region and the urgent need to address the issues within the Presidential
Amnesty office.
The statement
reads: “Worst of their situation is the unpredictability of when their
nightmare will end while hunger and deprivation have put them in a very bad
state of mind. Your Excellency, you will recall that this programme had within
the last few years brought relative stability to our region and by extension,
this country.
“This we owe
to late President Umaru Yar’Adua, who in
his wisdom proclaimed amnesty for ex-agitators and drew a plan of action
towards ensuring lasting peace in the region through various training
programmes.”
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