Ijaw Youths Council Urges Peace From Rivers Political Gladiators

The Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide (IYC) has called on gladiators in the current political crisis in Rivers to put aside their differences and work together in the interest of the people of the state.
In a statement, the spokesman of IYC, Mr Bedford Benjamin, said this would avert chaos and insecurity which the Niger Delta cannot afford at this time.
The statement said, “The peace enjoyed in the Niger Delta about two decades now has been taken for granted, and merchants of crises are not happy about the relative peace in the oil rich region.
“As the conscience of the youth group in the Niger Delta region, we weep with utmost dismay that the future promised by our leaders to be handed over to the next generation is in doubt, with the current happening.
“As a youth group with a huge population in Nigeria geographical locations, our dream seems mortgaged on by some selfish sponsored power drunks leaders,” the statement said.
The spokesman of the youth group condemned the sponsored publications by enemies of the region to instigate ethical wars in Rivers State.
Benjamin said the attempt by some elements parading as Ijaw youth leaders to give the Rivers crisis an ethnic colouration should stop.
“The issue in Rivers state does not affect the Ijaws alone, but rather, the entire ethnic structures of the state must defend the course of democracy to be free from political tyranny,” he said.
He admonished the people to remain united beyond political affiliations and fight for the total liberation from tyranny and political slavery.
“The allegedly hypnotised 27 errand boys should know that it is between them over four million Rivers people. The federal government should know that if Rivers state burns as a result of this political tussle, it is a slap on their Renewed Hope Agenda of the administration of President Bola Tinubu.”