“…This article, in its positioning, departs from existing African amnesty programme literature, which has aimed at, inter alia : the search of sustainable peace in the Niger Delta through the amnesty programme (Olatoke & Olokooba, 2012); understanding justice and equity in the Niger Delta amnesty programme (Omokhoa, 2015); challenges and opportunities in amnesty to Niger Delta militants for future peace mission (Thom‐Otuya & Eremie, 2011); challenges and prospects of post‐amnesty programme in the Niger Delta (Oluwaniyi, 2011); amnesty programme as a peacebuilding initiative in Niger Delta, Nigeria (Tobor & Odubo, 2017); political economy of amnesty programme for sustainable peace and development of the Niger Delta (Udoh & Chijioke, 2017); the impact and challenges in post‐conflict in Niger Delta amnesty programme (Omokhoa & Ikelegbe, 2016); dissent and state excesses in the Niger Delta (Omotola, 2009); peril of pluralisms in electoral violence and incumbency in sub‐Saharan Africa (Taylor, Perehouse, & Strans, 2017); a silver bullet in the Nigeria's amnesty programme as a peacebuilding infrastructure (Ushie, 2013); timing and sequencing in peacebuilding of the Niger Delta amnesty programme (Ukiwo, 2016); oil and militancy in Nigeria's Niger Delta region (Oluwaniyi, 2010); a qualitative review of the militancy, amnesty and peacebuilding in Nigeria's Niger Delta (Udoh, 2013); causes and consequences of crude oil pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria (Umar & Othman, 2017); and Niger Delta militants with respect to the Movement for Emancipation of the Niger Delta (UNHCR, 2011).…”