More than 200 repented militants
from the Niger Delta region on Wednesday stormed the Nigerian National Assembly
in protest of the non payment of their allowances.
The ex-militants, who carried
placards and sang various solidarity songs, called on the National Assembly to
intervene in the matter.
They urged the federal
legislature to put pressure on the executive through the Special Adviser to the
President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Programme, retired Brig.-Gen.
Paul Boroh.
”We are not here to disturb the
peace but to call on the government to pay our allowances. We are suffering.
“The amnesty office is owing us
amnesty allowances running to millions of Naira. We want our money,” spokesman
of the protesters said.
The former militants also called for
the removal of Gen. Boro, who they described as the “stumbling block” in
respect to the payment of their allowances.
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