Boko Haram: Ex-Niger Delta militants write Buhari

Former leaders of Move­ment for the Eman­cipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to rise and tackle security is­sues currently threatening the nation.

The ex-militants leaders made this call at a meeting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital at the weekend to review the ac­tivities of the administration of President Buhari.

In a communiqué issued after the meeting, the former militant leaders said they were worried over the renewed attacks in Pla­teau, Kano, Kaduna and Mai­duguri states where the Boko Haram sect killed hundreds of innocent persons.

Commending Buhari for the recent bailout to states, they urged him to extend the same gesture to beneficiaries of the presidential amnesty scheme.

The communiqué read in part: “Each day we are inun­dated with calls from home and aboard of our members who are amnesty beneficiaries pass­ing through various harrowing experiences at school, while some at Igbinedion University are on the verge of being barred from writing their final year examinations since they could not pay their fees; some at Jor­dan schooling have been totally evicted from their homes and now leaving on handouts from friends.