Amnesty office disowns beneficiaries training

The Presidential Amnesty Office has dissociated itself from a vocational training programme scheduled to hold in Owerri, Imo State on August 19 or any other day.

A statement from the amnesty office said the attention of the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof Charles Dokubo has been drawn to the activities of some individuals parading as vendors engaged by the office and sending text messages inviting unsuspecting beneficiaries of the Amnesty Programme for training in Owerri, Imo State,.

The statement also revealed that the said individuals, one of which was simply identified as Mr Franklin has also been soliciting for funds ranging from N50, 000 to N100, 000 for documentation of prospective trainees.

Reports indicated that some Niger Delta youths, including beneficiaries of the Amnesty Programme may have fallen prey to the criminal antic of these individuals, the statement said.

The office therefore advised beneficiaries of the programme to disregard the SMS in circulation inviting them for training at Owerri, Imo State, as it was the machination of fraudsters.

The statement said placement on training is a prerequisite for empowerment, and beneficiaries of the programme do not pay for enlistment or documentation for training.