Nigeria to outline Delta amnesty and to release key militant

Ministers of Nigeria‘s Council of State have approved the proposal – an effort to end years of attacks on the region’s beleaguered oil industry.

A presidential pardon, rehabilitation program, education and training are being offered to militants taking part.

The main militant group has said amnesties are only for convicted criminals but it does want peace.

General Boyloaf, acting leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend), said the group would lay down all its weapons if one of its leaders, Henry Okah, was freed from jail within a week.

Another faction, the Niger Delta Vigilante Movement, has previously indicated it will take part in the program

The president presented the proposal on Thursday after convening the Council of State – composed of the country’s 36 governors, as well as former presidents and chief justices – in the capital, Abuja.

Source: BBC

Edited by: AHU – Raymond Irambo