Militants Brought To P/Harcourt In Presidential Jet

Bolaji Ogundele,Port Harcourt with Agency Report - 19.09.2009

SURPRISE was on the face of many people at the Port Harcourt International Airport on Friday when one of the militant leaders was brought into the airport in a presidential jet.

The militant leader, popularly called Young Shall Grow, arrived the airport some minutes before another presidential jet brought the Defence Minister, General Gowin Abbe (rtd.) to the airport.

The Rivers State governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, was said to have been surprised on getting to the airport when he saw two presidential jets and he was told by security officials at the airport that one of the planes actually brought the militant leader and his ‘boys.’

Meanwhile, as the October 4 deadline given to repentant militants to embrace amnesty draws near, Abbe has said that the Federal Government might not extend the deadline.

Fielding questions from newsmen at the Port Harcourt Airforce Base on his arrival, the minister said the Federal Government was not going to wait for all the militants before moving ahead, adding that the amnesty programme had entered the next stage of rehabilitation and re-integration.

General Abbe urged the militants who are yet to lay down their arms to do so and embrace the amnesty programme.




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