Repentant militants under the aegis of
Bakassi Freedom Fighters have threatened to disrupt activities at Ibom
International Airport, ExxonMobil as well as vandalise pipelines from
Frontier Oil Limited in Akwa Ibom.
The group’s spokesperson, Commander
Ebong Friday, said that the state government had neglected its members
since the time they dropped their arms in the Federal Government Amnesty
Programme to pursue peace.
Friday stated this in Eket, Eket Local Government Area of the state at a meeting with his members on Friday.
He stated that the group had given the
Akwa Ibom State governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel one week ultimatum to
empower his members in the youth empowerment programme or risk dire
consequences.
“It is very unfortunate that the state
government is taking us for granted. We dropped our arms in the course
of the Presidential Amnesty Programme and chose to embrace peace.
“The Akwa Ibom State Government called
for amnesty and we surrendered our arms with an agreement that they
would train us and integrate us.
“After
we voluntarily dropped our arms to embrace peace so that we could
achieve what they had promised us, they turned their backs on us,” he
lamented.
Friday said that about 950 members of
the group were yet to be integrated and documented in the Federal
Government amnesty programmes. He stated that they went to Obubra for
training and came back to the state but that the state government had
yet to sort them out.
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