No More Amnesty For Ex-Militants - FG

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The Federal Government has said there is no more room for militants who are now begging to be admitted into the amnesty programme, which ended on October 9, 2009, saying the affected militants did not take advantage of the offer to disarm at the time.

This was disclosed in Lagos Sunday by the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Matters, Kingsley Kuku, during the send off ceremony of 24 exmilitants for vocational training in Texas, the United States.

Speaking at the pre- departure briefing, Kuku, explained that agitations by some militants to be admitted into the training programme may not be actualised, as only the President has the constitutional powers to grant amnesty to the over 1,500 youths from Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Rivers, and Ondo, who are now agitating to be part of the programme which deadline for admission had since closed.

Meanwhile, in his bid to ensure that crime wave is reduced drastically to the minimum level across the country, the Inspector General of Police, Mr Hafiz Ringim, has said the Police authority was taking a decisive step to ensure that each community gets a police station to guarantee the security of lives and properties of the citizens of such community.

The Police boss also called for a strong and sustainable partnership between the Police and the Nigerian public to ensure that the dream of building a highly competitive policing system becomes realisable.

Speaking at the inauguration of a new Police Station built by the Force headquarters, Abuja in Ifaki-Ekiti area of Ido/Osi Local Government of Ekiti State, Ringim, who was represented by the State Police Commissioner, Mr Olayinka Balogun , advised members of the public against seeing  the police station as a place that is specially designed for criminals.