Aides of President Goodluck Jonathan are scheduling a series of meetings with ex-militant leaders from the Niger Delta states to smooth the way for Mr. Jonathan’s plans to run again in 2015. Earlier today, Lawrence Pepple, who works with Kingsley Kuku, the presidential adviser on Niger Delta Affairs and chairman of the amnesty implementation committee, held one of the meetings with some former militants. A source told SaharaReporters that Mr. Pepple discussed an alleged plot by anti-Jonathan forces to break the ranks of ex-militants and provoke insecurity in the region ahead of the 2015 elections.