Ex-militant leaders back amnesty boss over improved implementation of scheme

Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa

Former militant leaders from the nine states of the Niger Delta region under the First phase of the Presidential Amnesty programme have thrown their weight behind the leadership of Prof. Charles Dokubo as the coordinator of the programme.

According to the former militant leaders, their support and decision to pass a vote of confidence on the Presidential Amnesty Coordinator, Charles Dokubo was based on his new style of leadership that has injected a new life into the Amnesty programme.

The former militant leaders, made up of Ezekiel Akpasbowei, Henry Benedodoghe, Gravilla Egbela, Franklin Duduku, Igwu Emeka and Nico Sintei, Chief Omoh Tonwerighe and Andrew Voko, made this known in a communiqué issued at the end of enlarged meeting where they…