Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, FEMI ADESINA, in a statement said the President also named Professor CHARLES DOKUBO as his replacement.
In addition to his sack, Buhari also directed the National Security Adviser, BABAGANA MONGUNO, to carry out a full investigation into the activities of the Amnesty Programme from 2015 to date.
The President said the investigation should focus on allegations of financial impropriety and other acts that are allegedly detrimental to the objectives of the programme.
The new Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme for former Niger Delta militants, Professor DOKUBO is currently Director of Research and Studies at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs.
He holds a PhD in Strategic Studies from the University of Bradford, United Kingdom, and hails from Abonema, Akuku-Toru Local Government of Rivers State.
