Special
Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Presidential
Amnesty Programme, Brigadier General Paul Boroh (retd) has warned beneficiaries
of the amnesty programme to steer clear of violence in the region.
He said any
beneficiary of the amnesty programme who involved in any violent action would
be violating the oath he took to end violence which earned him the Presidential
Amnesty. As such, he warns that any beneficiary involved in violence will be
exited from the programme. Besides the stoppage of monthly stipend such a
person would also be prosecuted.
Boroh, who
gave the warning against the backdrop of the impending rerun elections, said
violence would undermine the peace building efforts by the Federal Government
in the region.
According to
the statement: “The Presidential Amnesty Programme is saddened by the circle of
electoral violence cracking up Rivers State. This has become more pronounced as
preparation for the rerun elections for the state draws closer. Such violence
portends danger to the electoral and governance system in the country. It also
gravely undermines the peace building efforts by the Federal Government in the
region.
The Amnesty Office appeals to all and sundry to keep the peace and abide by the rules of the electoral game to achieve stability in the state.
“The Amnesty
Office specifically advises youths and ex-agitators not to allow themselves to
be used as cannon fodders in the spiralling violence in the state.”
The statement
added: “The Amnesty Coordinator impresses on all the former agitators leaders
to exercise control over the beneficiaries under their leadership and warns
that where a leader is found to be complicit in violence, apart from him, his
camp will in addition, face sanctions.”sunnewsonline
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