They have been at loggerheads with the Coordinator of the Federal Amnesty Programme, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, over the failure of the Amnesty Office to accommodate them after they had allegedly surrendered their arms.
Although, Kuku insists that the amnesty window has closed, advising the ex-warlords to seek other alternative means of empowerment, the ex-militants are insistent on being included in the programme.
The group, which has broken into different factions, blocked federal roads in various protests. They have also claimed responsibilities for the destruction of some oil installations in the area.
In a statement by one General Owei Paboh, a.k.a Lukuluku, on Monday, the ex-militants alleged that the Federal Government was not willing to integrate them into the programme.
They gave the government a seven-day ultimatum to commence immediate payment of their entitlements, threatening to return to the creeks with the aim of crippling oil production in the region.
But the Joint Military Task Force, codenamed Operation Pulo Shield, dismissed the threat, advising people to go about their normal business.
The Media Coordinator, JTF, Lt. Col. Timothy Antigha, said the outfit had put measures in place to forestall a possible breakdown of law and order.
PUNCH NEWSPAPER
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