Ex-militants’ leaders have resolved to work towards ending sea piracy and kidnapping in the Niger Delta region.
They challenged one another to make the pledge possible in a bid to foster the development of the Niger Delta communities.
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They also pledged to work with the Amnesty Programme towards the attainment of its objectives.
These were parts of the resolutions at a peace-building meeting with the leadership of the ex-agitators, now referred to as delegates drawn from the nine states of the Niger Delta.
It was coordinated by the Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, (PAP) Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd) in Agadagba -Obon, Ondo State, according to a statement.
One of the prominent ex-agitators in Ondo State, High Chief Bibopiri Ajube, also known as General Shoot-at-Sight, at the meeting urged his colleagues to work with the Presidential Amnesty Programme to foster security and development in the Niger Delta.
Col. Dikio thanked the delegates for their commitment to continue to work with the Programme and assured them that their genuine demands would be looked into.
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