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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