Ex-militants threatens showdown over denial of their scholarship benefits

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*Professor Charles Dokubo

(Nigeria) A joint committee of Itsekiri groups under the aegis of United Revolutionary Movement, has given a 14-day ultimatum to the Presidential Amnesty Programme Office to correct the alleged sinister move by some officials in the office to deny and neglect those in the third phase of the amnesty programme of their scholarship benefits else they will resume destruction of oil facilities in the Niger Delta region.
In a statement by Mr. Sylvester Jakpa, the group appealed to the Federal Government to call to order some of the officials of the Amnesty Office, who are allegedly involved in the move to deny them of their scholarship benefits.
Jakpa said, “We were shocked to know that upon resumption of duty of Professor Charles Dokubo, the newly appointed Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs/Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, the new beneficiaries were deployed to schools while those in the scheme since 2012, who where recently deployed, were withdrawn from the schools.
“While we are not against the said deployment of the new beneficiaries, we totally condemn the sinister move by some officials of the office to deny and neglect those in the third phase of the amnesty programme since 2012.
“Apart from the recent denial of old beneficiaries for new ones, the Itsekiri nation has been shortchanged in the composition of staff and appointment in the office and this we hadbrought to the attention of the previous administrations of Mr. Kingsley Kuku and Brigadier General Paul Boroh (retd).
“It is against this background therefore, that we the joint  committee of itsekiri groups under the auspices of the United Revolutionary Movement issue a 14-day ultimatum to the Amnesty Office to address the devilish and satanic acts or face total shutdown,”  the statement added.

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