A federal High Court sitting in Bayelsa State has fixed June 24,2014 to hear a suit filed by 18 ex-militant youths from Bayelsa and Delta states seeking an order to compel the special adviser to the president on Niger Delta Affairs and chairman of the Amnesty Implementation Committee,Hon.Kingsley Kuku and the Amnesty Committee to honour an agreement reached with the federal government on their inclusion in the amnesty programme.
The suit,numbered FHC/YNG/CS/102/2013,filed before Justice I.E.Ekwo,claimed that the aggrieved ex-militants were former militants that had accepted amnesty under the third phase and surrendered their weapons to the federal government through the amnesty Office in 2011 under the peace initiative of the federal government.
The suit, which was earlier slated for hearing on June 17 was yesterday adjourned at the instance of the court due to its workload. Justice Okon Abang, therefore, fixed September 22 for hearing.
The aggrieved ex-militants, including Asenekiri Oyinle, Angiama-Owei, John Government, John Sawyer, Trydy Okpeke, Dollar Motor, Selebi Ayowei, Bombra Angese, Richman Oyindoubra claimed that the amnesty committee erred by refusing to include them in the ongoing amnesty programme.
SOURCE: LEADERSHIP
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