President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) for former Niger Delta militants Brigadier-General Paul Boroh (Rtd).
His sack was announced Tuesday in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.
Boroh, a native of Sagbama local government area of Bayelsa State was appointed on July 28, 2015.
In February 2018, n advocacy group, Niger Deltans for Accountability and Good Governance (NDAGG), called for Boroh’s sack alleging he has stolen billions of naira from PAP as well as intimidated indigenes of the Niger Delta.
Full Statement
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Professor Charles Quaker Dokubo as the new Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme for former Niger Delta militants.
He replaces Brigadier-General Paul Boroh (Rtd).
Prof Dokubo is currently Director of Research and Studies at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs. He holds a PhD in Strategic Studies from the University of Bradford, United Kingdom, and hails from Abonema, Akuku-Toru Local Government of Rivers State.
Meanwhile, the President directs the National Security Adviser (NSA) to carry out a full investigation into the activities of the Amnesty Programme from 2015 to date, especially allegations of financial impropriety and other acts that are allegedly detrimental to the objectives of the Presidential Amnesty Programme.
FEMI ADESINA
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
March 13, 2018.