The Presidential Amnesty Office has raised the alarm over plans by some Niger Delta youths to embark on protest march in some states of the federation.
The alarm was raised in a statement signed by the Head of Media of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, where he averred that the youths were being instigated by persons with political motivation.
According to Alabrah, some politicians have been surreptitiously sponsoring what he termed ill-motivated campaigns. He alleged that the protests were targeted at the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Hon. Kingsley Kuku.
“The amnesty office has been alerted about a plot to cause mayhem in the Niger Delta by some seemingly disgruntled youths in the region.
“We have been reliably informed that the amnesty programme is the target of a series of proposed politically-motivated protests to begin from Uyo in Akwa Ibom State and spread to other oil producing states.
“We deem it necessary to inform Nigerians and the unsuspecting public that some politicians have surreptitiously been funding ill-motivated campaigns, which have taken the form of protest marches, against the amnesty programme and the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Hon. Kingsley Kuku, who oversees the programme, in order to score cheap political points.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the amnesty programme is insulated from serving the interests of any political party, and has been religiously executing its mandate of training and re-integrating beneficiaries regardless of their political leaning,” he said.