Editorial - It is disheartening that the amnesty programme, an interventionist policy instrument created to bring solution to militancy in the Niger Delta, now constitutes a problem in itself. Nigeria NigerDelta
How could any rational person, who cares for the welfare of the ex-militants, dare to loot the facilities and equipment set up under the programme? The looting is a direct assault on the amnesty programme of which only a diligent probe would unravel and bring the culprits to justice. The probe is, therefore, a step in the right direction.
It is, however, curious that the criminal invaders reportedly overwhelmed the military and other security personnel on guard and brazenly embarked on an orgy of looting of items meant for distribution to residents of communities impacted during the Niger Delta crises on the eve of the inauguration of the facility.
What is more curious, the amnesty programme boss, noted that but for the instruction passed by the authorities to the army not to shoot the invaders, several lives would have been lost and that would have given the opposition the opportunity to incite the communities in the Niger Delta for violence just a few days to the presidential and national assembly elections.It is, therefore, up to the panel to appraise the role of the military and other security outfits in the whole sordid episode.
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