Ex-militants under the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) in Ondo State, have kicked against the non-payment of the monthly stipends of thousands of genuine beneficiaries of the programme in the state.
They threatened to return to the creeks in a renewed campaign against oil and gas facilities if the presidency fails to call those in charge to order.
The Ex-militants under the auspices of the Conference of Niger Delta Ex- Agitators, said there is a plan to delist some of the beneficiaries from the amnesty programme.
They alleged that the plan was orchestrated as part of a bid to terminate the programme by the 31st December 2022 deadline.
In an open letter written to President Muhammadu Buhari, signed by the coordinator, Comrade Priye Noel Kuete and the secretary, Engr Diegha Captain Samson, urged President Buhari to prevail on the National Security Adviser, Major General, Mohammed Babagana Monguno, (rtd) and the Interim Administrator of PAP, Major General Barry Ndiomu (rtd), to reinstate, with immediate effect, all those whose names have been criminally removed from the payment voucher.
They also urged Mr President to rein in enemies of the country in his government who are bent on scrapping the amnesty programme as decoy to cover up their involvement in financial crimes in the office to dissipate their energies towards the implementation of PAP’s masterplan.
The letter stressed “We have left the creeks for love of Nigeria and government should not force us to go back to the creeks. Should the unimaginable become a reality, no state and/or private security can stop us. A stich in time saves nine!”
