News has emerged that 12 Nigerian policemen which are missing or presumed dead following an ambush on their boat in the Niger Delta region.
Gunmen attacked a police boat in the delta's creeks on Friday, officials said, in what appeared to be a dispute over amnesty payments.
A boat carrying some 50 police officers was on its way to a funeral when it developed engine trouble in one of the creeks."The officers became soft target for some hoodlums, who we have confirmed were part of a militant group that was supposed to be enjoying an amnesty," police commissioner Kingsley Omire said.All but the 12 officers reported missing were now safe, he added.Thousands of former militants are supposed to be receiving a monthly salary as part of the amnesty agreement
Mend threatened to resume violence after its leader, Henry Okah, was recently jailed by a South African court for terrorism.The group had been fighting to gain a greater share of the oil wealth from its part of southern Nigeria.
On the other hand, thousands of former militants are supposed to be receiving a monthly salary as part of the amnesty agreement.However, whilst some former commanders have grown extremely rich out of the deal, some of the junior militants have not received what they are owed.
I just hope the Government is culling one or two lessons from these occurrences in their Boko Haram decisions.
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