By Segun Owen

WARRI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Thousands of people gathered in the Nigerian oil city of Warri on Sunday to witness the disarmament of militant leader Government Tompolo, the final prominent Niger Delta rebel to accept a presidential amnesty.

Tompolo arrived by presidential jet in Warri, the capital of Delta state, after signing an amnesty agreement with President Umaru Yar’Adua in Abuja late on Saturday. A second jet carrying Defence Minister Godwin Abbe arrived shortly afterwards.

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