A former militant leader in Edo State who gave his name as Victor Kowei, has said that one of the tellers found in militants camp in Lagos and Ogun States during the recent military crackdown was payment for a debt owed him by one Isaac Okiriji
Victor said the teller bearing his name and a deposit of N5000 was paid into his account by Isaac and was not aware how the teller got to Ibafo creeks.
He said the teller was not his property but the property of Isaac who paid the money into his account.
The former militant leader said he knew Isaac as a student of College of Education, Ekiadolor in Edo State but was surprised that the teller with N5000 payment was found in the militant creeks.
In a press statement issued in Benin City, Victor said he has vowed not to go back to militancy and that he has no connection to militants in Ibafo creeks or any other place in the country.
Victor said it was Isaac that could explain how the teller got to Ibafo creeks and not himself, the account holder.
He explained that the N5000 was balance payment of the N35,000 owed him by Isaac who he said agreed to remit same out of the N65,000 monthly stipend to ex-militants.
“Isaac was a student and he begged me to make him a beneficiary of an amnesty slot of N65,000 per month to enable him cope with the financial burden at school.
“I gave him the slot on the agreement that he would remit some part of the money to me every month immediately he gets alert.
“Out of greed, Isaac did not honour this agreement and he was taking the whole money until January, 2016 when I caught him and we agreed again that he would be remitting N35,000 out of the money to me.
“On the 19th of May, Isaac transferred N30,000 to my account and later paid the balance N5000 into my UBA account through the teller that has now been found by security agents at Ibafo creeks.”