By Samuel Oyadongha

YENAGOA—Governor  Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has appealed to ex-militants to be calm and exercise patience with the Federal Government over delay in the payment of their stipends.

He also called on the Presidential Amnesty Office to urgently pay whatever was due the ex-agitators in the spirit of equity and fair play.

The governor’s plea came amidst plans by the ex-militants to protest over the non-payments of their stipends by the Federal Government.

The gopvernor in a statement, yesterday, in Yenagoa by the State Commissioner for Information, Jonathan Obuebite, advised all stakeholders in the Niger Delta struggle to “eschew violence and live in peace as issues concerning their welfare will be soon be addressed by the Federal Government.”