WARRI – THE reported invasion of an oil supply vessel servicing one of the nation’s leading oil companies has been described as most unfortunate and calls for investigation and re-assessment of the Federal Government’s Amnesty Programme.

Mr. Daniel Reyenieju, representing Warri Federal Constituency, spoke to our correspondent, yesterday, in a telephone chat in reaction to an online report that an oil supply vessel, MV Endeavour, that was off the coast in Bayelsa State servicing Chevron’s Agbani Field was boarded by gunmen, who abducted some of the crews.

He said: “It is most unfortunate, painful and unbelievable that such piracy reminiscence of the pre-amnesty era are still in vogue, even after the Amnesty Office is reported to have claimed that over 21,000 former militants have been trained and rehabilitated.

“There have recently been threats and ultimatum from some groups over allegations that those handling the Amnesty Programme are far from being altruistic and fair, such that many of those who submitted arms during the disarmament period are for some strange reasons excluded from participating and benefiting from it.”