The Coalition of Nigerian Civil Rights Activists on Sunday appealed to the National Assembly to initiate a motion aimed at securing amnesty for some militants who had relocated to the Arepo and Ikorodu areas of Ogun and Lagos states respectively, to carry out criminal activities.
The Convener of the group, Ifeanyi Odili, in a statement issued in Abuja explained that the activities of the Ijaw militants, who migrated from Ondo and Bayelsa states to the affected areas, were alarming.
The group noted that Arepo community had been living under fear arising from the activities of the militants for some time.
CNCRA explained that residents of Arepo had been complaining bitterly that their people were disappearing mysteriously, while some others, including security operatives had been killed by the militants.
The statement read in part, “To us in the CNCRA, this is uncalled for and unacceptable. Therefore, the government should put these ungodly activities to a halt by entering into dialogue with the militants.
“At the stage Nigerians have found themselves today, we must resist any attempt to further shed the blood of any citizen in this country because we have wasted more than enough blood in Nigeria and our leaders are guilty of the bloodletting.
“We therefore call on the Federal Government to find a lasting solution to the activities of these militants by extending the amnesty programme to them as we reliably gathered that the militants are fully prepared to lay down their arms.
“We appeal to the government to device a means to bringing life back to Arepo. We gathered that the reason for the militants’ relocation to Arepo was due to lack of transparency in the amnesty programme and political vendeta meted out to them.”
The group noted that since security agencies had found it difficult to arrest the situation, “it is therefore a matter of responsibility for the Federal Government to device a means to put a halt to militancy in Arepo.”
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