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Article: Nigeria keeps amnesty open to Niger Delta militants
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- May 23, 2009
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Nigeria keeps amnesty open to Niger Delta militants
LAGOS, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has
pledged the Nigerian federal government's offer of amnesty is still
open to militants in the Niger Delta if they lay down their arms,
the News Agency of Nigeria reported on Saturday.
Speaking at an audience with visiting French Prime Minister
Francois Fillon on Friday, Yar'Adua said the Federal Ministry of
Interior was overseeing the implementation of the amnesty plan.
The president said peace and stability were necessary pre-
conditions for the development of the region, adding that his
administration was still committed to the implementation of the 25-
year strategic ...