By Ola ‘Kiya, Reporting
Former militants under the aegis of Niger Delta United Ex-Agitators of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Phase 3 have threatened to shut down critical oil and gas infrastructures and installations in the Niger Delta over unresolved amnesty demands.
They warned that if their demands were not met latest August 10, 2022, they will shut down all oil facilities and all Airports in the Niger Delta.
The former warlords gave the ultimatum in an open letter addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari, copies of which were sent to Cornnel Milland Dikio (retd) of the PAP, the leadership of all the security agencies and South South governors.
The open letter, obtained by Stonix News on Wednesday in Warri, Delta State, was signed by self-styled General Joseph Akpos Jericho as Chairman, General Timibra Gabriel, Vice Chairman, General Ivwromon Ebi Ogaga, Secretary and 10 others all of the group.
They urged President Buhari to use his executive fiat to declare a state of emergency in the amnesty programme, claiming that none of the promises made by the PAP had been fullfiled since inception.
Other requests needing President Bubari’s attention to avert unrest, according to the group, include ordering Dikio to explain the reason for the continuous denial of Third Phase ex-agitators of their entitlements and benefits.
Read other demands:
“The PAP offíce should give reasons for monetising amnesty training programme.
“The PAP should be ordered to give reasons why persons trained since 2014 are yet to get their starter packs.
“Dikio should tell Nigerians and the whole world what happened to the 3, 000 recovered slots, after PAP payroll forensic audit in 2021.
“We demand to know the reason for the continuous payment of monthly stipends to dead ex-agitators.
“What’s the reason behind the continuous monthly stipends payment of about five million naira, monthly to some camp leader’s while some get nothing.
“Who are the CEO/MD of PAP training/empowerment contracts.
“We stress with emphasis that our boys who disarmed with us are now threatening our life because of the failure of the PAP offíce to recognize, document and train them as originally contained in the Amnesty guideline.
“The leaders of Amnesty Phase 3 should be given leadership training, empowerment , Scholarship slot and camp allowance .
“If nothing is done to these germane requests,We are going to shut down all oil facilities in the Niger Delta region.
-We will shut down Otorogu Gas plant
-We are going to shut down all Airport in the Niger Delta region.
We are going to stop the movement of the train at the train station located at Ujevwu udu LGA.
“We demand that the recovered missing slots should be given to us the leaders of Phase 3 to settle our boys who are already at daggar point with us due to the refusal of Dikio to implement the PAP policy statement of the letter.
“While we plead with Nigerians, to kindly understand the little pain our actions may cause them; we also plead with men of the Nigerian military and men of the Nigeria police force that will be sent to clear us from the road, to first foremost put themselves in our shoes, walk the distance in our stead and feel the 11 years we have wasted begging PAP officials to listern to our plight.”
The ex-militants, therefore, warned that the management of PAP-led by Dikio should be held responsible for whatever befalls the country in the Niger Delta on or before August 10, 2022, if their demands were further ignored.
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