By Davies Iheamnachor

PORT HARCOURT— Coalition of Niger Delta Indigenous Community Youth Leaders, CNDICYL, a youth group in the Niger Delta region, has appealed to the Federal Government to respect and abide by the agreements contained in the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme.

President Muhammadu Buhari

CNDICYL said the call was based on the recent raid on the homes of some ex-militant leaders by military men.

The group said it was wrong for the Federal Government to start a process of tracking down ex-agitators who willingly submitted their arms and closed down their militant camps.

Spokesperson for the group, Oyinkuro Namapele, who addressed newsmen in Port Harcourt, accused the Federal Government of undermining a section on the amnesty agreement which bars the government from carrying out any action against the ex-agitators who had submitted their arms.
Namapele said the invasion of the homes of some ex-agitators and the huge presence of military men in Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State, were clear indications that the Federal Government was violating the terms of the amnesty programme.

He said the leader of Niger Delta Vigilante, NDV, who is also an ambassador of peace, Chief Ateke Tom was not harbouring any of the ex-militant leaders being investigated by the Federal Government.