Nigeria rebels, government agree amnesty - lawyer

LAGOS, July 12 (Reuters) - Nigerian rebel leader Henry Okah has agreed to the terms of a government amnesty programme and his lawyers said they would meet President Umaru Yar'Adua on Sunday to discuss a timetable for his release.

"Terms of the amnesty have been settled," one of Okah's lawyers, Wilson Ajuwa, told Reuters by telephone.

"The agreement we are going to discuss (with the president) is the timeline for his release."

(Reporting by Hannington Osodo; Writing by Randy Fabi)