The umbrella body of Ijaw youths issued the warning in a statement by its spokesman, Binebai Yerin Princewill.
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This was contained in a statement by its spokesman, Ambassador Binebai Princewill, and made available to newsmen.
Ibifa was said to have been waylaid and abducted by heavily armed men on Wednesday along the popular Obiri Ikwere axis of East West Road on his way from the Port Harcourt International Airport to the venue of a scheduled meeting with the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme.
The group threatened a showdown with political office holders from the Niger Delta region in the federal cabinet if nothing is done to fast track the development of the region.
Jonathan gave the advice when officials of Ijaw Youth Council, Worldwide, and Niger Delta Youth Leaders, visited him to commiserate with him over the attack on his residence in Otuoke.
They group therefore declared that though it is not against rotation/sharing of political offices, but it must apply to all offices within a local government and federal constituency with multi-ethnic composition.
In a statement by its spokesman, Eric Omare, on Thursday, the IYC said Buhari was towing an old fashioned way of resolving national problems.
According to it, President Buhari in making the said statement quoted former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon’s comment in 1967 on the unity of Nigeria
“The sort of engagement the IYC expects from the Federal Government is a holistic dialogue with stakeholders in the region with a view to find a lasting solution to the root causes of militancy and other agitations
“Ogoni is agog; we are really ready for the flag-off of the clean-up by President Muhammadu Buhari tomorrow (Thursday),” Nsuke said.
The IYC maintained instead that once issue of resource ownership and control is addressed, communities and the people would naturally protect oil pipeline situated in their communities as critical stakeholders
IYC said that President Buhari’s administration has ordered all ongoing projects, programmes and the take-off of the Maritime University, Okerenkoko to be stopped
Omare said his advice was in response to the warning Badeh gave to deal ruthlessly with perpetrators of criminal activities in the region when he spoke at the inauguration of the Joint Task Force permanent office complex in Yenagoa
Reacting to the development weekend, IYC through its spokesman, Eric Omare said that the decision was a deliberate attempt to frustrate the implementation of the provision in the Petroleum Industry Bill adding that it was ridiculous, senseless and spat on the face of the oil bearing communities of the Niger-Delta region
The statement reads: “For the avoidance of doubt, we wish to state unequivocally that the position of Alhaji Dokubo-Asari is not in any way inimical to the stability of Nigeria nor is it an act of treasonable felony but a modest appreciation of the likely fall-out of the Aso Rock politics in 2015