Imo Ex-Militants Stage Protest Against Presidency

Hundreds of ex-militants from Imo state have accused President Goodluck Jonathan of not recognising the state as part of the oil producing states in the country, vowing to disrupt oil production activities.

The youths who claimed to be ex-militants from Ohaji Egbema oil producing local government area of Imo state staged a protest in Owerri, the state capital over what they termed the outright removal of Imo state from the list of the Niger Delta States.

The states included on the list are to benefit from the third phase of the Presidential Amnesty Programme by the Federal Government.

During the protest, many of the angry youths barricaded major roads in Owerri.

While carrying placards with various inscriptions, the group accused the presidential amnesty office in Abuja headed by Kingsley Kuku of deliberately excluding their state from the list.