Niger Delta ex-militants are not behind the recent spike in robberies and other forms of criminal acts in Lagos, the Presidential Amnesty Office (PAO)said last night. The PAO came out with the position following media report that the former warlords were behind recent abductions, armed robberies and oil theft. The Amnesty Office said that it…
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Niger Delta ex-militants are not behind the recent spike in robberies and other forms of criminal acts in Lagos, the Presidential Amnesty Office (PAO)said last night.
The PAO came out with the position following media report that the former warlords were behind recent abductions, armed robberies and oil theft.
The Amnesty Office said that it was wrong to associate the ex-militants who were actively being trained and reintegrated with criminal activities, since they were too busy to be distracted.
In a statement signed by the special assistant on media to the coordinator of the PAO, Mr. Ebitimi George, the office explained that all efforts had been made to ensure that the over 30,000 ex-militants captured under the amnesty package were gainfully engaged to prevent them from criminality.
George said that apart from being given adequate training to make them gainfully employed, those yet to be employed were being paid monthly stipends of N65,000 each.
“Niger Delta ex-militants captured under the Presidential Amnesty Programme cannot be said to be responsible for the Lagos robberies and kidnapping given the fact that their bio-data, locations and next-of-kin, are well documented and can easily be tracked,” the statement said.
“Let it be made clear that over 30,000 youths and their leaders captured under the programme have undergone training and are gainfully employed, while a good number of them are presently being empowered under the post training engagement project of the programme., In fact, amnesty delegates are quite busy to begin to think of criminality,” the statement added.
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