LAGOS, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian militants in southeast Niger Delta region have threatened to go back to the creeks and launch a fresh offensive less than two weeks to the deadline of the disarmament program, the Nigerian Tribune newspaper reported on Saturday.

About 200 former militants, on Friday, took to the streets of Yenagoa in Bayelsa State, protesting over non-payment of allowance as agreed by the Nigerian federal government in the amnesty deal with them, the report said.

The protest, the third in past month, started around 6.00 a.m. local time, paralyzing social and commercial activities in the city.

The former militants accused governments at various levels of insensitivity, complaining that since they were disarmed, the government had not kept its own side of the bargain, especially the payment of their monthly allowance.

Security has been beefed up around the state capital, where business and commercial activities were resumed after the protest.