Politics Former Niger Delta Militants Threaten President Jonathan Over Unpaid Allowances

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A former Niger Delta militant group on Tuesday issued a one month ultimatum to the presidency to release unpaid allowances to them or risk another bout of crisis in the region.

According to Channels Television, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, leaders of the ex-militants in Ughelli while addressing the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs,demanded that funds be released to members of the various camps, who are yet to receive payment.

Two of the group’s leaders, Owonama Edward and Charles Akatakpo while speaking with journalists in the state, disclosed that they observed irregularities in the payment procedure as some members had not been paid.

“We have been experiencing a situation where some of the boys will receive their salaries in a particular month and have their names omitted the next month. We are insisting that the pending allowances should be paid,” they said.

They stressed that all the leaders should be carried along in all plans and procedures, adding that, “we the leaders are being treated like nuisance by the amnesty office; why? They should work towards the implementation of the leaders’ entrepreneurship training”.
 
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