Following the recommendation of the National Security Adviser, General Mohammed Monguno (Retd), the Coordinator of the National Amnesty Programme, Professor Charles Dokubo, has been sent on suspension over “allegations and petitions” over the running of the programme.
Details were not given, but a Presidency statement by Mr. Femi Adesina reads: “Following allegations and petitions surrounding the Presidential Amnesty Programme, the National Security Adviser (NSA) set up a Caretaker Committee to look into the activities of the programme, on the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari.
“Part of the Committee’s task is to ensure that allocated resources are properly utilized in consonance with government’s objective of alleviating problems in the Niger Delta region, and stamping out corruption in the Amnesty Programme.
“Consequently, the NSA recommended to Mr President that the Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme, Professor Charles Quaker Dokubo be suspended, a recommendation that has been approved and which takes immediate effect.
“The President has also directed that the Caretaker Committee set up to review the programme should oversee the running of the programme henceforth, with a view to ensuring that government objectives are achieved”.