President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Col. Milland Dixion Dikio (rtd) as Interim Administrator of Niger Delta Amnesty Programme.
The appointment took effect from 21 August and comes six months after he suspended the incumbent Prof. Charles Quarker Dokubo over corruption allegations.
According to an announcement today by Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, Buhari has now sacked Dokubo from Office as the Coordinator, Amnesty Programme with immediate effect.
He has been directed to hand over all official matters to the most senior officer of the Programme.
President Buhari appreciated the services of Prof. Dokubo and wished him the best in his future endeavours.
Dikio will be the third person to be appointed in five years to run the amnesty programme, meant to provide succour to disarmed Niger Delta militants.
The first person appointed by Buhari in 2015, to oversee the programme, started by the Yar’Adua administration in 2008 was Brigadier General Tarelah Paul Boroh.
