The 20 trainees were among the 40 aircraft maintenance engineers participating in the programme.
The PAP boss said it would be a sad development to see any of them engaged in electoral malfeasance because of financial gains.
He was arraigned for allegations bordering on defamatory publications against the interim administrator of PAP, Barry Ndiomu.
Mr Ndiomu solicited the partnership of the authority for some of its programmes, especially the Deep Sea Diving School in Rivers State.
The Bayelsa government has urged the Presidential Amnesty Programme to partner state governments in the Niger Delta region, especially Bayelsa.
At least 513 persons were linked to multiple fraudulent payments.
The same number of ex-agitators after 13 years of operation “was against PAP’s mandate,” said Barry Ndiomu, the agency’s new interim administrator.
