Post Amnesty - 7,000 Ex-Militants for Documentation in Rivers

Owerri — Over 7,000 ex-militants in the Niger Delta region are to be documented in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for training and re-retraining in various fields of their choice. They are also to benefit from the Federal Government's financial assistance, the Amnesty Committee member and Military Coordinator in-charge of Rivers State, Major Mohammed Bako Shehu, has revealed. Shehu, who was also dispatched to Imo State to conduct the documentation of the ex-militants from the state noted that the bio-metric machines deplored to document the ex-militants were not enough to do the job and advised them to exercise some patience to enable him round up in Port Harcourt. Addressing the former militants, who came in from the oil-rich Ohaji/Egbema and Oguta local government areas of the state at the Multi-Purpose Hall, Government... [read full story]                    

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