*Soldiers looted, sold my television — Chief Ekpebide
By EMMA AMAIZE
Warri-THE Presidential Committee on Amnesty plans to dispatch psychiatrists, psychologists and doctors to the various rehabilitation camps it is setting up in the Niger-Delta for militants who are willing to accept amnesty because it believes some of them are on drugs and may have developed mental problems already.
Coordinator of the Presidential Committee on the Implementation of Amnesty, Disarmament and Re-Integration for Niger-Delta, Air-Vice Marshal Lucky Ararile confirmed the plan at a stakeholders’ meeting in Warri, Delta state, weekend.
He also said it was not true that the Presidential Committee would spend N50 billion on the rehabilitation of militants, saying some of the things to be done by the committee had been scaled down and there was no way it would spend N50 billion between now and October 4 on its activities alone.
An Ijaw leader from Okerenkoko in Gbaramatu kingdom of Delta State, Chief Dan Ekpebide , however, stunned the committee when he said men of the Joint Task Force (JTF) who were on Cordon and Search operation in the riverine kingdom plundered his home and sold his looted Plasma television at a give-away price in Warri.
He told the committee members the said Plasma television, which he bought for N250, 000 was sold to somebody in Warri at a cost of N25, 000 by soldiers who ransacked his home and those of others.
“I wept when I saw the television that I bought for N250,000 sold at N25,000 to somebody by the JTF”, he claimed, saying the Federal Government amnesty would not succeed the way the government was going about it at the moment by occupying his community and other parts of Gbaramatu kingdom.
Spokesman for the Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta, Colonel Rabe Abubakar had in the past debunked the claims by some persons that men of the task force looted the property of the fleeing villagers, saying it was attempt to paint the security outfit in bad light, but, Chief Ekpebide told Sunday Vanguard at the end of the session, yesterday, that the looted television set was unknowingly sold to his younger sister.
Governor Uduaghan told the co-ordinator of the Presidential committee on the Implementation of Amnesty, Disarmament and Re-Integration to note the complaint of Chief Ekpebide and ensure that such issues were addressed.
After Air Vice Marshal Aralile introduced the purpose of the committee’s visit to the state, national chairman of the Human Rights Defenders Organization of Nigeria (HURDON), Mr. Omon-Irabor who fired the first salvo said it was wrong for the Federal Government to be talking of amnesty and be sending a delegation led by an armed soldier to civilians to discuss the terms.
He queried how the government should be discussing amnesty when the traditional ruler of Gbaramatu kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Godwin Bebenimibo whose fled Oporoza community after his palace was bombed by the JTF has not been seen for nearly two months.
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan who received accolades from the former national chairman of the Traditional Rulers of Oil Minerals Producing Organization of Nigeria (TROMPCON), His Royal Majesty, Charles Ayemi-Botu, the incumbent national secretary of TROMPCON, His Royal Majesty, S.P. Luke of Akugbene Mein kingdom and a member of the Delta Waterways Security Committee (DWSC), Rev Duke Akpososo for his peace process in the state appealed for calm from Deltans and also urged them to accept the official pardon.
He said the meeting was planned by President Umaru Yar’Adua before the May 13 incident in Delta state between militants and soldiers, which led to the military action by the JTF and that it was for the good of armed youths in the region. Uduaghan, nevertheless, pointed out that accepting the amnesty was only the beginning of the struggle for genuine freedom fighters, as well as the government, as the issues that led to the take-up of arms in the first instance by the youths against the government, which is underdevelopment, have to be frontally addressed.
Warri-based constitutional lawyer, Mr. Akpo Mudiaga-Odje raised the issue of the legality of the amnesty proclaimed by Mr. President, as there was no law backing it up, but, the governor explained that the matter was debated before the amnesty was signed into law, assuring that the President’s imprimatur on the amnesty was binding enough.
He assured that no armed youth in the state who surrendered his arms to the government would be prosecuted while Air-Vice Marshal Aralile stressed the documentation process was important for militants that were willing to accept amnesty, as that would form the basis of the renunciation of militancy.
Another Ijaw leader, Chief Oboko Bello told the committee that the people have to be alive to accept amnesty and urged it to create conducive environment for people to be alive and return to their homes first before accepting amnesty.
God knows, who, between men fighting for survival from the natural resources available in their soil dormain(territory) and that of illegal government of imbeciles led by lunaticals (lunatics), that truly deserves psychiatry?
Time shall come when any member of PDP that need a descent life to live in Nigeria, will have to go through psychiatric test to qualify! woe-betide any part of our nation quarter that is out to sabotage efforts of southern quest for autonomy to manage their own-human & natural wealth!
The Nigeria South Christians, Have nothing in common with Nigeria Northern Muslim JTF military Rougues organisation that operate sharia system! I hope Obama’s expected landmark- visit will take on this forced unity of Nigeria-nations by the british selfish decision of 1914 (almagamation)!
WAHALA DON START FOR WE COUNTRY.
TROUBLE SLEEP YANGA GO WAKE AM WETIN EEH DEY FIND— WAHALA EED FIND.
ME NO SEE WETIN THE AMNESTY WAN DO HERE. SABI WE GIVE AMNESTY TO BORO, OJUKWU, GOWON, OBASANJO AND MANY OTHERS WHAT DID IT LEAD TO NOTHING.
THE FOUNDAMENTAL IS ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS. TRUE FEDERALISM AND RESOURCE CONTROL SHIKANE.
LETS HAVE A SOVEREIGN NATIONAL CONFERENCE.
HOW FORMER KANO STATE BEGETS NOW KANO, KATSTINA AND JIGAWA WHILE DEFUNCT BENDEL STILL RABBLES WITH DELTA AND EDO STATES. FORMER RIVERS STATE STILL JUSTLING WITH RIVERS AND BAYELSA WITH THE LATER ONLY HAVING 8 I REPEAT 8 LOGAL GOVERNMENT AREA. NO WAY AMNESTY WILL FAIL YAKATA.
ABEG COMMTTEE MEMBERS THIS IS YOUR TIME TO ENJOY AND SHARE YOUR OWN CAKE 50BILLION NAIRA. HA AH HA NIGERIA WE HAIL THEE!
WHO BE MILITANT DONT FORGET THE PEN MILITANT AND OF COURSE THE NGOS WE ALL DEY WAIT.
THIEF THIEF GANKOLIKO NA HIM WE ALL BE. GOD HELP THIS OBODO NIGER-AREA AMALGAMATED BY LORD LUGARD.
@ Peter A. You seem passing the bleam to every one even yourself. but you should remember that one mistake if not correct earlier can lead to others . a good driver can easly die in a bad road. so is a good son easly to do evil with a bad parents just because of obidence.
So in the right sence every bleam has to go to our government ,not even the oil companies. because no student in school will do his home work if they will not be marked or checked by the teachers
Oil companies are only there for money nothing more and it is the duty of our government to watch after them to see that they abide to law of the land and do everything they suppose to do . the oil company are not there for humanitarian work but just to rich their pocket . it is because our government failed their duties that some none armed peple try to called the attention of our government to the oil companies but instead the government and oil companies because of greed tried and silence those voices . the rest are afraid but cant keep quite and let their land to be distory just like that and in taking arms to do the right thing then they also see doing so can earn easly money thats what lead to so many things that we are seeing today money is so powerfull that it can easly distroy the owner without wisdom. saying all these will not make sence without talking about the solution.
and the only solution we have as it is now is for the government to accept that they have failed the citizens and promise to make it up to everyone ,by starting in taken over the 9 oil producing state as a fedral states . for massive development at least for 10 years .if they can do so and slow down a bit at abuja where there is no money comming out . I am sure everybody will be so happy with the government and will fight all the criminals among us with the best intrest of the nation. the leaders of the ND states are not helping matters both NDDC or NDM. So i think federal government should take over every development over the Niger deltas just as abuja.
WOW WOW WOW . WONDERS SHALL NEVER END IN THIS COUNTRY NIGERIA. OH IT HAS GONE TO THIS LIMIT. psychiatrists, psychologists and doctors to the various rehabilitation camps for militants , believes some of them are on drugs and may have developed mental problems already.
I THOUGHT OUR LEADERS EVER INTER TO CLASSROOM. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM TO SOUND SUCH STUPID . SO PEOPLE WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR RIGHT HAS NOW BECOME MAD PEOPLE AND DRUG ADITS. SUCH AN INSULT TO THE PEOPLE OF ND BY SO COLLED GOVERNMENT.
IF SUCH CAMPS OPEN FOR THE MILLITANTS THEN WHICH TYPE WILL BE OPEN FOR SUCH LEADERS WHO LOOTED OR ARE LOOTING THE COUNTRY’S MONEY TO FOREIGN ACCOUNTS WHICH THEY WILL NEVER USE BUT ABANDON TO SUCH FOREIGN COUNTRY ? WHICH TYPE WILL BE OPEN FOR THOSE ARM RUBBERS IN POLICE UNIFORM RUBBING EVERY MOTORIST AND SETTING DEAD TRAPS AMONG OUR MOTOR WAYS. WHICH ONE WILL BE OPEN FOR THOSE IN KAKI UNIFORM LOOTING PEOPLE’S GOODS ALONG EAST -WEST ROAD IN THE NAME OF COUNTRY BAN . WHAT ABOUT THOSE CALLED THEM SELF SOLDER THAT ARE STEALING HOUSE HOLD PROPARTY OF THE ND PEOPLE . ARE THEY NOT THE REAL DRUGS ADITS THAT NEED SUCH CAMPS.
I Think is time for Yardua to open his eyes well to see clearly . and why the leaders of ND peaple seem so quite to allow their people to be reduce so low to nothing just because of Abuja seat. Shame on you , you appointed leaders of ND
Nigerian Soldiers looting is not new, it in their blood, during Liberia war, most of the CD players that found their way to Nigeria (early 90s) were looted (stolen) from helpless Liberian civilians.
The NIGER DELTA elders seems to have fallen for the Govt & its ND agents (Delta/Rivers/Bayelsa state governors) antics. The amnesty is fake, please see all the attrocities of JTF :- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7xzRApvw1k
the International Community is watching …………..
As per hiring Psychiatrists, who do you think are the right candidates for this? of course, the Nigerian politicians (who thinks that OIL is more important than the blood running in their vein), and the JTF soldiers who can only shoot, rape, loot, bomb, intimidate harmless & helpless civilians (citizens) who they are supposed to protect.
MEND whats up? Please more actions so as to achieve our 0% oil export target before the end of their Kangaroo Amnesty!
Sorry, my brother patrick. I have lived in the Niger delta for the past ten years. I have felt the effects. Acid rain has spoilt my clothes and burned my sister once.
who is to blame for the crisis?
a)the oil companies for neglecting areas of environmental disasters in the oil-producing areas
b)the niger deltans, for damaging pipelines (ostensibly to siphon petroleum products); for preventing the oil companies from having access to the spill sites (like the Ogonis); for kidnapping and harbouring kidnappers (the rest of us);
c)niger delta traditional rulers and chieftain, for sponsoring criminals who work under the guise of militancy; for refusing to unite their kingdoms; for running illegal bunkering operations; for paying ransome to criminals; for frustrating NDDC
d)the nigerian government, for keeping quiet while the oil companies exploited its people without regard for the environment and any whiff of social responsibilities, for condoning militancy; for its double-Dealing habits of negotiating and then attacking militants
e)the militants, for committing treasonable felony; for illegal handling and distribution of weapons; for killing innocent nigerians; for violating the ideals for which isaac boro, ken saro-wiwa and the Ogoni9 died (non violent approach)
apportioning blame is not enough. Amnesty is not enough. What the niger deltans need is conscious development of their area, provision of basic amenities, (if luxuries are indeed unattainable), cleaning up of the oil spills, empowerment to work and compete favourably with their fellow oil-producing communities
while it is true that the militants are somewhat justified in taking up arms, two wrongs never make a right.
with the 50 billion naira, we will likely see an increase in those who claim to be militants. Armed robbers will turn in their guns and go free. Honestly, our leaders should really get psychiatric evaluation!
God bless Nigeria
Our politicians are the ones that require psychiatric evaluation
THESE LEADERS MUST STOP TALKING OF AMNESTY AS AMNESTY IS FOR THOSE WHO COMMIT CRIMES. THE PEOPLE OF THE NIGER DELTA DID NOT COMMIT ANY CRIME BECAUSE WE HAVE CURDE OIL AND GAS. WE HAVE BEEN SUSTAINING THE WHOLE COUNTRY. ABUJA AND EVIRONS WAS BUILT WITH THE MONEY FROM THE NIGER DELTA. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD USE THE SAME SPEED THEY USED IN BUILDING ABUJA, TO BUILD AND DEVELOPE THE NIGER DELTA. WE SHOULD STOP BEING APOLOGETIC AS IF WE ARE THE OFFENDERS. THE PEOPLE OF THE NIGER DELTA ARE THE VICTIMS. IF THEY ARE CRIMINALS IN THE NIGER DELTA, THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD GO AFTER THEM. THEY SHOULD NAME AND SHAME THEM, INCLUDING THEIR BACKERS AND COLLABORATORS.
WHAT IS REQUIRED IN THE NIGER DELTA IS IMMEDIATE MASSIVE ECCONMIC DEVELOPEMENT OF THE AREA AND iMMIDIATE AND MASSIVE ECCONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE NIGER DELTA. USE THE EXCESS CRUDE MONEY, USE PART OF THE EXTERNAL RESERVE, INTRODUCE WINDFAL TAX ON THE COMPANIES THAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM AND USE THE MONEY TO PROGRESS AND DEVELOPE THE NIGER DELTA. WE NEED AN IMMEDIATE MARTIAL PLAN IN THE NIGER DELTA. PURSUE THIS MARTIAL PLAN, WITH THE SAME ZEAL, VIGOR AND ENTHUSIAZM, AS WAS USED IN BUILDING ABUJA AND ENVIRONS. NO MORE SLOGANS, NO MORE TALKS, NO MORE TITLE TATLE, NO MORE INFANTILE APPROACH TO THE PROBLEMS OF THE NIGER DELTA. NO MORE POSTPONNING OF ACTIONS, NO MORE PROMOSES. IF THEY ARE CRIMINALS JAIL THEM, NAME AND SHAME THEM. NAME THEIR SUPPORTERS AND COLLABORATORS. WE WANT ACTION! ACTION!! ACTION!!! AND WE WANT IT NOW! NOW! NOW!!! NOW!!!. MISS THIS OPPORTUNUTY TO RIGHT THE PAST WRONGS AND MISS IT FOR EVER. MAKE HISTORY MR PRESIDENT.
Mr. President now that you have shown good faith, you must take the next bold step. Mr. President you must now put tuor money where your mouth is.
We want ACTION, ACTION ACTION from now on. Mr. President you have taken a very bold step and you must continue as relaxing is not an option NOW.
The problem in the Niger Delta was caused by the followings,
1. The International Multi National companies in the Niger Delta. These companies operate as cow boys and with reckless abandon, They have destroyed the environment, the waters, the lands of the Niger Delta. They polluted the waters, lands and the environment and as a result, the people can not farm on their lands or fish in their waters, which is their main occupations. The people are dieing dailly of diseases, caused by the polution to the environment. These multi nationals build cheap infrastrutures like pipe lines etc., without regards to internationally accepted norms and good practices. There will never do such things in other parts of the world, where they are operating, otherwise they will pay very dearly for such horrible practices. The multi Nationals have made a lot of money from these sharp practices, at the expence of the lives of the people of the Niger Delta.
2. The next offenders are federal and state governments of all shades, both past and present, who have made lot of money by ignoring and encouraging with nods, the multi National companies to get away with murder. .
3. The third group are the so called selfish leaders, or do i say dealears of the Niger Delta, who have also made a lot of money from the sufferings of the people of The Niger Delta, Some of the them and their collaborators, sponsor the criminals, to forment and cause a lot of sufferings to the people of the Niger Delta.
4. The President must without futher delay, publish the names of those, who have been sponsoring these criminals in the Niger Delta. The President must name and shame them.
Now that you have given amnesty, to the genuine agitators, we should now have a truth and reconcilliation commitee, so that we can learn a lesson from all these.
WHAT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD DO NOW!!
The federal government should introduce, a wind fall tax on the huge profits, the multi nationals made over the period and use ALL the money for the IMMEDIATE developement of the Niger Delta and the ecconomic empowerment of the people of the Niger Delta. This is what is done, even in developed countries. In Great Britain, when the Labour came into power, they introdued the wind fall tax, inorder to claw back some of the huge profits, the companies made, when the Conservative party in government, sold very cheaply all government companies during the Privatization process. ALL the money realised was used to creat new jobs and train the unemployed. This move was very popular with the British public. You should bear in mind that, most of the companies, that made the huge profits in The Niger Delta, are British and American companies. This move will be popular in Nigeria and these British and American companies will not fault it. All you have to do is, to refer them to what happened in the United kingdom.
ALL the money realised from the excess crude, which was got any way, from the Niger Delta, should be used for the immediate ecconomic development and empowerment of the people of the Niger Delta.
The federal government should draw down now, 30% of its external revenue for the immediate ecconomic developement of the Niger Delta and ecconomic empowerment of the people of the Niger Delta. The ferderal government should not give the usual excuse, that this draw down will affect the value of the naira, as this is a price that, we should pay for the peace and stability of the Niger Delta and Nigeria. ALL THESE MUST BE DONE NOW!! Mr. President do all these and you have solved the problems in The Niger Delta permanently. If you do ALL of these history and prosterity will remember you very kindly.
MR PRESIDENT I HOPE THAT THERE IS NO HIDDEN AGENDA, WITH THIS AMNESTY OF A THING. IT APPEARS THAT THE WAY YOU ARE PURSUING AND PROGRESSING IT, IS BECOMMING WORRYING AND I HOPE YOU ARE NOT UNDER EXTREME PRESSURE, FORM THE CORRUPT AND INDICTED EX GOVERNORS, AS MOST OF THEM ARE THE BACKERS AND COLLABORATORS OF THE CRIMINAL ELEMENTS IN THE NIGER DELTA. THEY ARE MAKING BLOOD MONEY IN ADDITION TO THE ONE THEY LOOTED AND STOLE FROM THE TREASURY. THESE CORRUPT AND INDICTED EX GOVERNORS AND THEIR COLLABORATORS STAND TO BENEFIT MASSIVELY FROM THIS BLANKET AMNESTY OF A THING. YOU SHOULD ALSO REMEMBER THE UNIFORMED PERSONS YOU SENT TO THE NIGER DELTA AS THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF NIGERIA, TO MENTAIN THE PEACE AND SOME OF THEM WERE SLAUGHTERED IN COLD BLOOD BY THE CRIMINALS.
THESE CORRUPT AND INDICTED EX GOVERNORS, ARE THE SAME PERSONS, WHO CLAIMED THAT THEY BANK ROLED YOUR ELECTION AND THEY ARE NOW SAYING THAT THEY WILL ALSO, BANK ROLE YOU 2011 ELECTION. MR PRESIDENT YOU MUST CLEAR THE AIR. NIGER DELTA DOES NOT WANT AMNESTY, AS AMNESTY IS FOR THOSE THAT COMMITED CRIMES, WE IN THE NIGER DELTA DID NOT COMMIT ANY CRIME BY HAVING CRUDE OIL AND GAS. I AM SICK AND TIRED OF PEOPLE PATRONISING US AND THIS MUST STOP.
AMNESTY IS NOT AMNESTIA. WHAT IS REQUIRED IN THE NIGER DELTA IS IMMEDIATE MASSIVE ECCONMIC DEVELOPEMENT OF THE AREA AND IMMEDIATE AND MASSIVE ECCONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE NIGER DELTA. USE THE EXCESS CRUDE MONEY, USE PART OF THE EXTERNAL RESERVE, INTRODUCE WINDFAL TAX ON THE COMPANIES THAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM AND USE THE MONEY TO PROGRESS AND DEVELOPE THE NIGER DELTA. WE NEED AN IMMEDIATE MARTIAL PLAN IN THE NIGER DELTA. PURSUE THIS MARTIAL PLAN, WITH THE SAME ZEAL, VIGOR AND ENTHUSIAZM, AS WAS USED IN BUILDING ABUJA AND ENVIRONS. NO MORE SLOGANS, NO MORE TALKS, NO MORE TITLE TATLE, NO MORE INFANTILE APPROACH TO THE PROBLEMS OF THE NIGER DELTA. NO MORE POSTPONNING OF ACTIONS, NO MORE PROMOSES. IF THEY ARE CRIMINALS JAIL THEM, NAME AND SHAME THEM. NAME THEIR SUPPORTERS AND COLLABORATORS. WE WANT ACTION! ACTION!! ACTION!!! AND WE WANT IT NOW! NOW! NOW!!! NOW!!!. MISS THIS OPPORTUNUTY TO RIGHT THE PAST WRONGS AND MISS IT FOR EVER. MAKE HISTORY MR PRESIDENT. ABUJA WAS CREATED IN LESS THAN TEN YEARS, WITH MONEY MADE FROM THE NIGER DELTA, WHY NOT THE NIGER DELTA WHERE ALL THE MONEY OF NIGERIA WAS MADE, THIS INCLUDES EXCESS CURDE AND THE HUGE EXTERNAL RESERVE.
START THE IMMEDIATE MASSIVE DEVELOPEMENT OF THE NIGER DELTA NOW!!!!!!
Amnesty International has described the crisis in the Niger Delta as a “human rights tragedy,” saying that the people of the area have seen their human rights abused by oil companies which their government cannot hold to account. The group, in a report released on Tuesday, said the situation in the Niger Delta, home to 31 million people, has fuelled anger and conflict. “People living in the Niger Delta have to drink, cook with, and wash in polluted water; they eat fish contaminated with oil and other toxins – if they are lucky enough to still be able to find fish,” said the report. The report stated that the situation in the Niger Delta provides a stark example of the lack of accountability of a government to its people, and of multinational companies’ almost total lack of accountability when it comes to the impact of their operations on human rights. The report titled, “Petroleum, Pollution and Poverty in the Niger Delta”, was presented by its Head of Business and Human Rights, Audrey Gaughran. It examined oil spills, gas flaring, waste dumping and other environmental impacts of the oil industry, stressing that evidence gathered on pollution and environment damage relates to the operations of Shell, the main oil company operating on land in the Niger Delta. The agency said that the human rights impact of pollution in the Niger Delta is greatly under-reported, adding that the majority of people in the area depend on the natural environment for their food and livelihood, particularly through agriculture and fisheries. Amnesty blames both the government and multi-national oil giants for the rights abuses in sub-Saharan Africa’s most populous country.
MR. PRESIDENT YOU ARE NOT LISTENING. YOU SHOULD USE NIGER DELTA MONEY TO DEVELOPE THE NIGER DELTA IMMEDIATELY. ABUJA AND ENVIRONS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPED WITH THE MONEY FROM THE NIGER DELTA. THE SAME INTEREST AND SPEED THAT WAS USED TO DEVELOPE ABUJA SHOULD BE USED TO DEVELOPE THE NIGER DELTA. THIS WILL BE A WIN WIN FOR NIGERIA. THE CRISES WILL STOP, INVESTMENTS WILL RUSH IN, THE YOUTHS WILL BE GAINFULLY EMPLOYED, NIGERIA WILL MAXIMISE HER CRUDE OIL AND GAS PRODUCTIONS,TOURISM WILL FLORISH, NIGERIAN INTELLECTUALS AND BUSINESS PEOPLE ABROAD WILL COME BACK TO NIGERIA AND CREATE A LOT OF JOBS. AS LITTLE AS 100,000.00 (ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND) POUNDS COULD ESTABLISH A SMALL COTTAGE INDUSTRY OF A SMALL FARM AND ABOUT SIX WELL PAID JOBS CAN BE CREATED. BY SIMPLE CALCULATION, ABOUT ONE MILLION NIGERIANS ABROAD CAN RAISE THIS TYPE OF MONEY. THAT IS ABOUT SIX MILLION NEW JOBS. MR. PRESIDENT LISTEN! LISTEN!! LISTEN!!! LISTEN!!!. TIME IS NOT ON OUR SIDE AND YOUR SIDE MAKE HASTE NOW!!!!!
MR. PRESIDENT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE NIGER DELTA IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY AND GENOCIDE.
You can see the difference between the people affected and the lying govt.The JTF soldiers are criminals.The traditional ruler of Gbaramatu kingdom must be respected. Why should JTF bomb the sacred throne and palace of the king?Can they do that to their Emir?They even burnt down a church.Can they do that to their mosque?What of many innocent people the JTF killed?What of Henry Okar?There are many issues to be addressed from its roots and not this fake amnesty.