Amnesty likely for Okah, Ateke Tom,Tompolo
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Nigerianparrot at Monday, June 22, 2009
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A picture of the impending amnesty terms for repentant militants emerged yesterday.
They were unveiled, just as Niger Delta militants intensified their onslaught on Shell Petroleum Development Company, hitting its Afremo offshore oilfield and two other facilities in Rivers State.
President Umar Yar'Adua is expected to meet with the Council of State (CoS) on Thursday at the State House, Abuja before unfolding the terms.
Some of the likely terms for the militants include immediate cessation of violence, dismantling of the militants' camps' stoppage of illegal bunkering, as well as teh surrender of all arms and ammunition.
On its part, the government is offering the discontinuation of the trial of Movement for Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) leader Henry Okah; and state pardon for him and others like the Niger Delta Vigilance Force (NDVF) leader Tom Ateke and wanted militant Government Ekpemupola (aka Tompolo).
Others terms include rehabilitation and engagement of militant youths; etc.