Ex-militant leader, Ebikamowei Victor Ben, alias Boyloaf, has warned politicians that any attempt to hijack the amnesty programme from the special adviser to the president on Niger Delta, Gen. Paul Boroh would trigger another round of avoidable crisis in the Niger Delta region. Boyloaf has warned politicians to steer clear of the presidential amnesty programme. According to Vanguard, Boyloaf in a release in Abuja raised concern about an alleged plot being made by some politicians to destabilise the gains made by the leadership of the programme.
He adduced the peace and stability now witnessed in the Niger-Delta region to the amnesty programme, and warned politicians to steer clear of the programme to avoid another round of crisis. He said politicians trying to meddle with the programe see the office as their birthright from where they must derive maximum pecuniary gains for doing nothing. Boyloaf said, “We are satisfied that Boroh is working closely with the main actors to bring about the needed peace and reintegration in the Niger Delta. We hereby warn against any attempt by politicians to turn the programme into a centre for settlement and political gains. Let the politicians look elsewhere for benefits.
He warned that “anything that distracts from the original concept of using the amnesty office to cater for those who surrendered arms and accepted amnesty by promptly paying them their stipends and empowering them to stand on their own, would trigger new lease of crisis, which we don’t want”. He called for all peace-loving Nigerians to join hands with the “SA on Niger Delta to ensure the success of the amnesty programme to bring about the needed peace, unity and stability in the region”. Meanwhile, the Nigerian army has stated that its operation in Yeghe community in Rivers state was focused on fishing out ex-militant leader, Solomon Ndigbara. Speaking about the shooting in the area on Monday, February 22, Brig.-Gen. Stevenson Olabanji, the commander of the 2 Brigade of the Nigerian army in Port Harcourt, said that it was an exchange of fire between soldiers and suspected ex-militants who defended Ndigbara’s home.
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