A former leader of the Niger
Delta Vigilante, High Chief Ateke Tom, has urged the President-elect,
Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), not to abandon the Amnesty Programme
put in place by ex-President Musa Yar’Adua and continued by President
Goodluck Jonathan.
Ateke Tom, who congratulated Buhari on
his victory at the poll, also appealed to him to collaborate with
leaders in the Niger Delta to develop the oil -rich region.
The former militant leader, who
assured Buhari that the people of the region would support his
administration, added that nobody would go back to the creeks or attack
oil installations.
The ex-fighter, who spoke with newsmen
in Okrika Local Government Area on Friday, appealed to Buhari to
continue where President Jonathan would stop on the Amnesty Programme,
describing the
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