Forty-Eight hours to the expiration of the deadline given to the
remnants of the Niger-Delta Avengers fighting in the Oil Producing Areas
of Ohaji/Egbema and Oguta, a leading Commander of the Militants,
General Felix Omereji Wednesday, September 21, 2016, allegedly
surrendered with his fighters and embraced peace.
The event which took place at the Imo International Convention Centre
(IICC) also saw the Security Chiefs in the State in attendance with
General Felix stating that they boycotted the first phase of the
disarmament programme last week to see what the State Government would
do with the Commanders and their fighters who had surrendered their
weapons at the event.
In his speech, Governor Okorocha told General Felix and his fighters
that he has granted them Pardon like those before them while the
President, Muhammadu Buhari would grant them amnesty, adding that they
had done well by not waiting for the deadline he gave to them to elapse.
"We are here to receive our children who have been living in the forest
for years killing many people. I am your father. I will pardon you,
while the President would grant you Amnesty. We have gathered to
dramatise life for those of the Militants who have dropped their guns to
embrace peace. They have been pardoned"
The governor expressed happiness that since the last disarmament
programme the people of Ohaji/Egbema and Oguta who abandoned their homes
and ran away for years or months have begun to return to their homes
and assured that he would do all within his reach to ensure that the
peace achieved in the areas is maintained.
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