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As part of activities to commemorate one year of the
proclamation of Amnesty for Niger Delta militants by the Federal Government,
the former armed militant group leaders would today visit victims of last
Friday’s Independence Day’s bomb blast by yet to identified persons.

The former militia leaders are expected to first converge
on the site of the dastardly bombings, where they would publicly condemn the
action, proceeding to visit the wounded
victims of the bomb blasts currently recuperating in different hospitals in
Abuja.

Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Chief
Executive Officer of the Amnesty Programme, Timi Alaibe, who gave this
indication yesterday in Abuja, declared
that so far the programme has been a resounding success given the return of
peace and security in the once volatile Niger Delta region.

Mr. Alaibe, who spoke last night through his Media
Assistant, Henry Ugbolue, named erstwhile militia leaders expected at join in
the condolence visit to include
Government Ekpemupolo, also known as ‘Tompolo’; Victor Ben (Boyloaf), Ateke
Tom, Fara Dagogo, John Togo, ‘General’ Shoot Asight, Pastor Reuben, ‘General’
Eziekel, ‘General’ Joshua Miccaival, Bonney Gawei, ‘General’ Aboy, ‘General’
Ogunbos, and ‘General’ Africa.

According to Mr. Ugbolue, the former militant group
leaders would also use the occasion to publicly denounce the recent twin
bombings in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in which at least seventeen
people lost their lives, with several others wounded.

“Having disarmed and embraced the offer of amnesty
from the federal government a year ago, the leaders of the former militant
groups in the Niger Delta have since registered their disgust at the Abuja
bombings and are poised to use the opportunity of the commemoration of one year
of amnesty proclamation to debunk insinuations that agitators in the Niger
Delta were involved”, Mr. Ugbolue said.

.

To buttress the fact about a new dawn in the Niger Delta
region following the success of the presidential amnesty programme, the Special
Adviser pointed out that Nigeria’s crude oil production has risen from an all
time low capacity of 700,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 2.3 million bpd, apart
from incidences of kidnapping in the core Niger Delta States stopped, while
illegal oil bunkering has drastically reduced and construction work on critical
infrastructures like the East-West road resumed and now being fast-tracked.

He said that 20,192 ex-militants have so far turned in
huge cache of arms and ammunitions and are now being rehabilitated and reintegrated
into the society.

“As at today, 5,533 ex-militants have received
non-violence transformational trainings and are now being posted to skill
acquisition centres and institutions across the country and abroad. The process
of rehabilitation and reintegration is continuing”, he said.

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As part of activities to commemorate one year of the
proclamation of Amnesty for Niger Delta militants by the Federal Government,
the former armed militant group leaders would today visit victims of last
Friday’s Independence Day’s bomb blast by yet to identified persons.

The former militia leaders are expected to first converge
on the site of the dastardly bombings, where they would publicly condemn the
action, proceeding to visit the wounded
victims of the bomb blasts currently recuperating in different hospitals in
Abuja.

Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Chief
Executive Officer of the Amnesty Programme, Timi Alaibe, who gave this
indication yesterday in Abuja, declared
that so far the programme has been a resounding success given the return of
peace and security in the once volatile Niger Delta region.

Mr. Alaibe, who spoke last night through his Media
Assistant, Henry Ugbolue, named erstwhile militia leaders expected at join in
the condolence visit to include
Government Ekpemupolo, also known as ‘Tompolo’; Victor Ben (Boyloaf), Ateke
Tom, Fara Dagogo, John Togo, ‘General’ Shoot Asight, Pastor Reuben, ‘General’
Eziekel, ‘General’ Joshua Miccaival, Bonney Gawei, ‘General’ Aboy, ‘General’
Ogunbos, and ‘General’ Africa.

According to Mr. Ugbolue, the former militant group
leaders would also use the occasion to publicly denounce the recent twin
bombings in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in which at least seventeen
people lost their lives, with several others wounded.

“Having disarmed and embraced the offer of amnesty
from the federal government a year ago, the leaders of the former militant
groups in the Niger Delta have since registered their disgust at the Abuja
bombings and are poised to use the opportunity of the commemoration of one year
of amnesty proclamation to debunk insinuations that agitators in the Niger
Delta were involved”, Mr. Ugbolue said.

.

To buttress the fact about a new dawn in the Niger Delta
region following the success of the presidential amnesty programme, the Special
Adviser pointed out that Nigeria’s crude oil production has risen from an all
time low capacity of 700,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 2.3 million bpd, apart
from incidences of kidnapping in the core Niger Delta States stopped, while
illegal oil bunkering has drastically reduced and construction work on critical
infrastructures like the East-West road resumed and now being fast-tracked.

He said that 20,192 ex-militants have so far turned in
huge cache of arms and ammunitions and are now being rehabilitated and reintegrated
into the society.

“As at today, 5,533 ex-militants have received
non-violence transformational trainings and are now being posted to skill
acquisition centres and institutions across the country and abroad. The process
of rehabilitation and reintegration is continuing”, he said.