Militants under the aegis of 21st Century
Youths of Niger Delta has given President Muhammadu Buhari and the All
Progressives Congress, APC, a list of demands for a peaceful 2019 elections in
the South-South region.
They have asked that President
Buhari allows the Permanent Voter’s Cards, PVCs, not gun to count in next
month’s election in the oil region.
The group also asked the President to be wary of his alleged
impending plot to take into custody and replace the Chief Justice of Nigeria,
CJN, Walter Onnoghen.
According to them, if these
conditions are not met, the consequences will be very terrible for the nation
to stomach.
Leader of the group, self-styled “General” Izon Ebi, in a
statement issued to journalists yesterday, warned that militants would not only
“stop the flow of oil but cut all the pipes beyond repair if the conditions
were breached.
“We, therefore, want to summarise that the people of the Niger
Delta want a peaceful election where their voter’s cards will speak for them,
not guns.
“We conclude by sounding it loud
that the CJN cannot be unlawfully removed from office and no amount of
militarisation or intimidation will cow the Niger Delta people into submission
and allow injustice to be meted out on our distinguished leaders and
personalities anymore.
“The current alarm raised by the Coalition of United Political
Parties CUPP of an impending plot to arrest the CJN and replace him with a
northerner is a very serious matter that the consequences will be so grievous
for the Nigerian nation to bear.
“The 21st Century Youths of the Niger Delta and Agitators with
Conscience cannot comprehend the philosophy that makes us inferior and second-
class citizens in the abundance of our God-given resources in the Niger Delta,
which sustain the Nigerian nation.
“There is no amount of intimidation that will force the Niger
Delta people to join or support the APC for sins to be forgiven. Government
cannot force us to support it when it does not take responsibility for its
actions.”
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