Ex-militants in the Niger Delta region under the aegis of Undocumented Third Phase Ex-Agitators have threatened to shut operations of major oil companies in the area if the Federal Government fails to include them into the ongoing amnesty programme. In a statement by Gen. Prince Eyeyon, leader of the group, they expressed dissatisfaction over the level of suffering and hardship they have gone through since they embraced peace and surrendered their arms and weapons to the Federal Government under the third phase of the Federal Government Amnesty Programme.They explained that on August 27, 2011, Kinsley Kuku, former coordinator of the Federal Government Amnesty Programme, documented them but only paid some of them and left others unpaid.The group alleged that the process of their documentation by Kingsley Kuku, the former coordinator, and Brig. Gen Paul Boro (rtd), present Federal Government Amnesty Director, was unacceptable, adding that they had exhausted all avenues for their names to be documented to collect their stipends as directed by the Federal Government but have not received a dime.“We request for the immediate documentation of all the undocumented ex-agitators of the Third Phase of the Niger Delta Ex-Militants. We must undergo skill acquisition programme and receive full payment of all our monthly allowances from August 2011 to date, else we would be forced to shut down operations of major oil firms in the Niger Delta region,” the statement added.
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