PAP: Ex-agitators storm Abuja to protest over unpaid allowances

Niger Delta ex-agitators numbering over 300 have reportedly sneaked into the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja for a protest against the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Maj-Gen Barry Tariye Ndiomu (retd.) to demand the payment of their unpaid allowances.

According to the ex-agitators, they would occupy the streets to protest against the stoppage of their monthly N65,000 stipends by Maj-Gen Barry Tariye Ndiomu (retd.), the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme.

The protesting ex-agitators comprised the first, second and third phases of the PAP.

“As Niger Delta ex-agitators, we have vowed to occupy the nation’s capital for a long-term protest if the government does not replace Ndiomu with a Niger Deltan who understands the plight of the people of the region, especially the ex-agitators,” the source added.

They further demanded the immediate suspension of the planned cooperatives by the PAP and the restoration of the training programmes, both academic and non-academic.

“Let the ex-agitators take the centre stage in the decision-making process in the Amnesty Office, not strangers who do not know the in and out of the struggle in the Niger Delta.

“The protest in the nation’s capital shall continue until all these things are met before we will leave the streets of Abuja,” the source added.