Niger Delta ex-militant leaders have a message for Buhari

Niger Delta ex-militant leaders on Thursday urged the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to sustain the Presidential Amnesty Programme of the Federal Government. The ex-freedom fighters under the aegis of Leadership, Peace and Cultural Development Initiative, however, pledged to support the incoming administration. National President, LPCDI, Pastor Reuben Wilson, while congratulating Buhari on his victory at the poll, advised him against abandoning the amnesty programme. Wilson described the amnesty programme as the only solution for peace and security in the Niger Delta region. He warned that it should not be toyed with by the incoming administration, adding there wouldn’t be no peace in the region if the programme was neglected or abandoned. Furthermore, Wilson threatened that if Niger Delta was neglected as it was in the past, the ex-militants would use all resources at their disposal to stop the production of oil.