The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide has declared that the
statement by Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, that Niger Delta militants
were contracted to carry out attacks in southern Kaduna is capable of inciting
people in the north against Niger Deltans.
Spokesman of the IYC, Eric Omare in a statement issued in
Yenagoa described the governor’s comment as reckless and condemnable.
The statement read in part, “The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC)
worldwide states that the Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam El Rufai is inciting
the people of Kaduna State and by implication the entire north against Niger
Deltans by his statement that Niger Delta militants have been hired to carry
out attacks in southern Kaduna.
“This statement is reckless and highly condemnable. Mallam
El-Rufai having failed in his duty to protect the lives and properties of the
people of southern Kaduna should not use innocent Niger Deltans as scapegoats.
Niger Deltans have no business going all the way to Kaduna or any part of
Nigeria to attack Nigerians.
“We call on Nigerians and the security agencies to hold
Governor El-Rufai responsible for any attack on Niger Deltans in the north as a
result of his irresponsible statement.
“The Fulani herdsmen who El-Rufai paid for killing people
are well known to the world, hence Niger Deltans should not be linked under any
circumstances to the unwarranted killings going on in southern Kaduna.
“We also call the Federal Government to as a matter of
urgency bring the killings in southern Kaduna to a stop and bring the
perpetrators to justice including Governor El-Rufai.”
Meanwhile, the IYC has also described the call by President
Buhari on Niger Delta agitators to come to negotiation table “as a subterfuge
to deceive Nigerians and the world to create the false impression that the
Federal Government is ready for dialogue whereas it is not.
“The Buhari administration is the one frustrating attempts
at negotiation and not Niger Delta agitators. The Niger Delta leaders and
stakeholders have done everything possible to start the negotiation process
which has been frustrated by the Federal Government.
“IYC, therefore, calls on President Buhari to demonstrate
sincerity towards negotiating with the Niger Delta people by constituting the
government negotiation team rather than Christmas day rhetoric.”
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