The Victims of the Nigeria/Biafra
civil war says the Federal Government had yet to pay them, more than two months
after it agreed to release N88 billion for their compensation.
The Federal Government had in the
terms of agreement before the regional court, ECOWAS, disclosed that N50billion
compensation would be paid to “true victims” of the civil war that occurred
between 1967 and 1970. It also said N38 billion would be paid to contractors
for total and complete destruction of abandoned bombs and landmines within the
regions.
The decision followed a suit
marked ECW/CCJ/APP/06/12, which was filed before the ECOWAS Court on May 2,
2012, by one Vincent Agu and 19 others against the Federal Government and five
others.
A statement made available to
newsmen at the weekend by the group through their leaders, Egobudike Monday
Ogbowu and Ndu Pedro, read:
“On behalf of BIAFRA Civil War
soldiers from Rivers state who were granted pardon and were promised to be paid
off by the President Mohammadu Buhari-led government to permanently end the
case in ECOWAS Court, we want to state that we have not heard or received
anything.
“Federal Government had as part
of the terms of agreement, promised to effect the payment through Chukwukadibia
& Co and Deminers Concept Nigeria Ltd, but up till now we have not gotten
gotten anything and it is making us to wonder if the Federal Government and
Chukwukadibia & Co and Deminers Concept Nigeria Ltd are playing politics
with it?
“If they are not playing politics
with us, we urge the Federal Government to come out open and tell us the
situation of things and the reason behind the delay in the payment.”
“All the parties to this suit
acknowledge that 685 persons were selected and classified as survivors while
493 of them were confirmed as victims of either landmines or other dangerous
military ordnance including locally fabricated weapons, hence entitled to
compensation including their families and communities.”
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