The Leader of the Niger Delta Liberation Force, NDLF, High Chief Sobomabo Jackrich, a.k.a. Egberipapa, has formally petitioned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, seeking urgent intervention to integrate Egberipapa Camp into the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, and to ensure transparency in the management of the programme.
In the petition submitted to the State House this week, Jackrichsaid more than 4,000 former agitators under Egberipapa Camp have remained excluded from PAP since 2009, despite a 2021 resolution of the Senate directing their integration and the allocation of 2,000 slots to the Camp.
“This matter has remained unresolved for many years despite repeated representations, legislative proceedings, public hearings and resolutions of the National Assembly,” Jackrich stated in the petition. “The central grievance is the continued exclusion of Egberipapa Camp from the appropriate integration and allocation framework of the Presidential Amnesty Programme.”
Senate Resolutions Still Outstanding:
The NDLF leader recalled that on 13 April 2021, he submitted a petition to the 9th Senate through the Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions. Following public hearings, the Committee made recommendations for the integration of Egberipapa Camp and, in a letter dated 8 June 2021, requested the then Interim Administrator of PAP to account for programme funds and slot allocations.
