Over one hundred
ex-militants under the aegis of the “Third Phase Amnesty,”
have staged a peaceful protest in Yenagoa,the Bayelsa State capital demanding
the release of their 250 members detained last weekend by the State
Police Command.
The ex-militants also declared its leader,
Keithy Sese, missing adding that his where about was unknown ,as they
expressed fears that Sese may have been arrested or killed by the
authorities.
Speaking to journalists during the protests,the
ex-militants said they were sad that their group were allotted only few
slots by the Inter Agency Security Outfit documenting
ex-militants in the state ,describing it as unacceptable to the group.
The ex-militants demanded for a review of
the slots adding that their leader,had lots of followers that fought in the
creeks and eventually surrendered arms to embrace the amnesty programme .
They recalled that their leader Noumukeme also
known as Madman was the first ex-militant leader to embrace amnesty
after surrendering arms to the federal government.
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