The leadership of the Niger Delta United
Ex Agitators of the Presidential Amnesty Programme ,( PAP) Phase 3 in strong terms has given a Protest notice to Cornnel Milland Dikio (RTD) and other relevant agencies of the Federal Government to shut down critical oil Infrastructures and installations in the Niger Delta region if what they called their legitimate demands are not looked into within the time band of August 10th 2022.

The former War lords in an open letter addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari, copying PAP Office, FCT Abuja, Director General, DSS, lnspector General of Police, IGP, South South Governors, Director,DSS Delta State Command and Commander of Joint Joint Task Force, JTF Delta State ,
signed by General Joseph Akpos Jericho as Chairman, General Timibra Gabriel, Vice Chairman, General Ivwromon Ebi Ogaga, Secretary and ten others made available to Daily lndependent Newspaper reads in part:

” We the agrieved and shortchanged members of Presidential Amnesty Phase 3 and our camp boys who voluntarily disarmed and submitted
our arms to wiligling embrace the presidential amnesty program (PAP) as proclaimed by president Musa Yar-adua in 2009- 2011, because of the promises of a better life
for us Which has become a dream in fiasco hereby issue a Protest notice to
shut down critical oil locations in the Niger Delta region on or before August 10th if our demands are not properly addressed within the August 10th time band.

The Ex War lords remarked in their
demand/ Protest notice : ” We laid down our weapons and allowed the
Niger Delta region’s oil to flow freely
but non of the promises made by the
Presidential Amnesty Programme PAP
had been fullfiled rather they chose to
play politics with our destiny.”

The Niger Delta United Group of Ex Agitators lamented in their statement: “Year 2011 signalled the commencement of a long sojourn and suffering our life, following our decision to voluntarily surrender our weapons and embrace the amnesty program.”

The leadership of Amnesty Generals
alleged that : The PAP officials under the leadership of Cornnel Milland Dikio and Fred Kemepado have frustrated all our
efforts geared towards getting us enlisted as bonafide ex-agitators, despite having our JTF clearance certificate issued to us in 2011. “

To convince other relevant stakeholders and the general public to understand the extent they have labored for justice to prevail they explained in the open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari thus: “When series
of our correspondence were not responded to, we approached a Warri federal high court for redress yet to no avail,”

The United Ex Agitators pointed out
in the protest notice : ” ” Your Excellency, from the above narration we have come
to the conclusion that the PAP officials, will never consider our case. hence, we
have fixed 0600 hours Nigeria time. 10th of August, 2022. As the date to commenced the shutting down of all oil facilities in the Niger delta region and to block Ologbo & patani bridge in delta state and mbaima in Rivers state simultaneously.”

They further said: “We shall remain there until all our entitlements and benefits as contained in the amnesty proclaimation of 2011 is accorded to us because we are not criminal elements as PAP officials may want to brand us before you, rather we are genuine sons of the Niger delta region, who wholeheartedly embrace the anmesty program with JTF clearance certificate in 2011, “

They declared their major demands

amongst others as follows

1.We want President Buhari to use his executive fiat to declare a state of emergency in the amnesty program .
2 Mr President should order Dikio and his cohorts to explain the reason for the continuous denial of third phase ex-agitators of their entitlements and benefits

3 The PAP offíce should give reasons for monetising amnesty training program

4 The PAP should be ordered to give reasons why person’s trained since 2014 are yet to get their starter packs

5 Dikio should tell Nigerians and the whole world what happened to the three thousand recovered slots, after PAP payroll forensic audit in 2021

5 We demand to know the reason for the continuous payment of monthly stipends to dead ex-agitators

6 What’s the reason behind the continuous monthly stipends payment of about five million naira, monthly to some camp leader’s while some gets nothing
7 Who are the CEO/MD of PAP training/empowerment contracts

8 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.

9 The leaders of Amnesty Phase 3 should be given leadership training, empowerment , Scholarship slot and camp allowance .

10 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.

11 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.

12 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 eleven years we have wasted begging PAP officials to listern to our plight. Which they never thought worth their time.

They noted in the letter Mr President that they are open to any invitation convened by relevant stakeholders to discuss the issue and iron it out amicably on or before the deadline
of the Protest notice of August 10th 2022

ln summation they stressed: ” Failure
to meet our clear and legitimate demands on or before August 10th 2022
whatever happens thereafter, Dikio and his cohorts should be held responsible for any damage in the Niger Delta region
the Ex Agitators concluded. (Daily Independent)

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