The Presidential Amnesty Programme has distanced itself from a purported ‘demobilisation exercise’ being promoted within the Niger Delta by means of people who are amassing cash from unsuspecting participants of the society for pipeline surveillance and alternative vocational trades.
The amnesty workplace said that the explanation turned into vital upcoming it used to be inundated with inquiries from involved stakeholders in regards to the fraudulent workout.
This used to be contained in a commentary signed by means of Mr Igoniko Oduma, the Particular Associate on Media to the PAP Administrator, Dr Dennis Otuaro, on Tuesday.
The commentary defined that the PAP Place of work, underneath Otuaro’s management, does no longer store cash or solicit favours from Niger Deltans to change into beneficiaries of its instructional scholarship scheme and vocational coaching programmes.
The commentary learn, “It has come to the eye of the Presidential Amnesty Programme that some unscrupulous parts are amassing cash from unsuspecting Niger Deltans for a purported demobilisation workout by means of the PAP Place of work.
“Those unpatriotic parts declare that the PAP Place of work will worth the demobilisation workout to retain crowd for coaching in pipeline surveillance and alternative vocational trades. Our findings display that those cheating people have deceived their goals into believing that the workout will speed playground at designated centres in Bayelsa, Rivers, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Edo, Ondo, and alternative states.
“The PAP Office states categorically that it is not organising or conducting any demobilisation exercise in any part of the Niger Delta. The presidential amnesty office does not collect money or solicit favours from Niger Deltans to become beneficiaries of its educational scholarship scheme and vocational training programmes.”
The Place of work instructed participants of the society to keep watch on and document such unscrupulous people to safety businesses so they are able to be apprehended and prosecuted.
“The workplace due to this fact advises the teenagers, and certainly the crowd of the Niger Delta, to not fall sufferer to the legal actions of those unpatriotic characters. Incorrect Niger Deltan will have to be misled into collaborating on this legal endeavor.
“The PAP Administrator, Dr Dennis Otuaro, condemns the brazen try by means of those unpatriotic characters to tarnish the picture of the workplace with their fraudulent actions.
“The PAP leader urges security agencies to arrest and prosecute those involved in the fake demobilisation programme to serve as a deterrent to others,” the commentary added.