Nigerian ex-militants 'repatriated' after brawl

AFP

20 August 2011

Nigerian ex-militants 'repatriated' after brawl

LAGOS — Eight Nigerian ex-militants sent for a training programme in Sri Lanka have been brought back to face trial at home after they fought and destroyed property, an official said on Saturday.

"They came back home yesterday (Friday) as scheduled and they were immediately handed over to security agents for investigation and prosecution," the spokesman of the amnesty office, Henry Ugbolue, told AFP.

The ex-militants who were sent to Sri Lanka about a month ago for a nine-month training in ship building and under-sea welding allegedly engaged in fighting among themselves and destroyed some training equipment, he said.

Their action was a breach of a code of conduct which they signed and promised to abide by, he said.

The eight are part of 50 former Niger Delta militants sent to Sri Lanka for vocational training as part of the implementation of the government amnesty programme, he also said.