Ex-militants threaten to storm N’Assembly over kerosene scarcityFormer militant leaders from the Niger Deltaregion, yesterday, threatened to disruptlegislative session of the National Assemblynext Monday, over the persistent scarcity ofkerosene and alleged gross inability ofPipeline and Product Marketing Company,PPMC, to increase supply of the product inthe country.They also threatened to march to theNational Assembly over the allegedunwarranted attacks and insults onPresident Goodluck Jonathan by oppositiongroups and political parties in the country.The former militant leaders, under the aegisof the Leadership, Peace and CulturalDevelopment Initiatives, LPCDI, said thoughthe protest march to the National Assemblywould be peaceful, they were calling for anindependent investigation into thepersistent scarcity of kerosene. They wantthe sack of the Managing Director of PPMCover alleged failure to make the productavailable.LPCDI, in a statement in Yenagoa, BayelsaState, said it had entered into collaborationwith other civil society groups nationwideto stage a warning and peaceful protestmarch against the persistent scarcity ofkerosene and the unwarranted anddisrespectful verbal attacks on the Presidentand the glaring failure to effectivelyaddress the issue of kerosene scarcity inthe country.