Ijaw youths accept Buhari, warn against violence

The President of the umbrella body of all Ijaw youths in the country, the Ijaw Youth Council, Mr. Udengs Eradiri, has called on all Ijaw youths across the nation to avoid all acts of violence, destruction and protests as a fallout of the last Saturday’s Presidential election, won by Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) of the All Progressives Congress.

Eradiri also congratulated Buhari on his electoral victory and said that Ijaw youths would support his administration, just the same way youths from other parts of the country supported the Jonathan administration.

The IYC president warned that any Ijaw youth who got involved in protest, destruction and other acts of violence would be seen to be doing so at his or her own risk.

He said that the IYC would accept the leadership of Buhari, as the South-South region had had its own chance but could not use the position to its advantage.

Eradiri advised the youth populace in the region to resist being manipulated politically.

He said, “I want to use this opportunity to congratulate Gen. Buhari who has emerged the winner of the presidential election.

“And so as IYC, when we had our own as President, the Igbo, the Yoruba, the Hausa were loyal to him. We will be loyal to the President-elect, Gen. Buhari, who from May 29, 2015 would become the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“We will accept it (the results of the election). We had our own knife and yam; we were not able to cut it the way we wanted. We have no other person to blame. It is in this part of the country that people ask for money to go and vote. However, the northerners were paying for their own transportation to go and exercise their rights and to go and pick their PVCs.

“Our people were expecting that they would be paid to collect PVCs and the results reflected so. We have no other choice; we are the architect of our own problem. So, we should be able to live with it.

“If you go and protest, you are on your own. If you go and destroy anything, you are on your own. I, as the leader of youths in this region, have reached out to other ethnic nationalities to canvass support. Maybe, we started late. Maybe the attention was not given that should have started with the political class.

“History has already recorded it. So, the best we can do is to key into his (Buhari’s) administration, just as the Yoruba and Hausa key into the administration. It is time for us to also key into the administration. So, I called on our people to steer clear of all those political manipulations.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/ijaw-youths-accept-buhari-warn-against-violence/

cc: Lalasticlala

We in the South are more sane than those up there


We don't suck blood

So any urchin who calls himself asari or NDPVF should watch his mouth
and comport himself or Six feet hotel is his destination.

GMB has not taken charge yet, asari and his goons are making noise
Even as gej is still on seat till may 29th, i pray he uses his remaining
goodwill to tell asari and co to shut up or go on exile like Bode george is planning on doing

Nigeria is bigger than any urchins, NDPVF or boko haram, we will crush y'all

It is in this part of the
country that people ask for money to go and
vote. However, the northerners were paying for
their own transportation to go and exercise
their rights and to go and pick their PVCs.
“Our people were expecting that they would be
paid to collect PVCs and the results reflected so.
We have no other choice; we are the architect
of our own problem. So, we should be able to
live with it.

absolutely true!

A reporter from a popular TV Station who covered the election in Bayelsa state said the same thing. He interviewed some Bayelsans why they are not going out to vote,they responded by saying unless they are paid,they will not vote.

It is true after all! Too bad

Front page lalasticlala

now these are words from wise peeps
not like that pig threatening fire and brimstone

ijaw youths nice one
you wont regret your words and actions

Hope the boys will listen

I hope GMB will also call BH boys to order

Nigeria is a bless country

brb

The fear of General is the beginning of gentleness.
General=no nonsense.

CHANGE EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!

yes all thanks to jonathan n PDP for pouring cold water on d hot fire.

Nice move they made

Display of fear of God and maturity...
If the table where to turn... Hausa for don know how many people dem kill and properties wey dem for don destroy...
I never hear bomb blast again oo abi boko haram don go Buhari i hail o but God will judge for sure

Tell Asari Dokunbo .

Buhari is the man..Everybody will accept him as their leader cos dey got no choice.
Patiently waiting for Fayose to accept him shamefully
•Yoruba politicians deceiving others just for money since 1962•

Beta...Follow ur master path GEJ...

Great... I like the fact that you accept the defeat in good faith...

ND caused their own downfall... Asking for money before voting is quite funny and this shows that GEJ administration really flopped on their part..
Had it been they trully wanted him (not just because of tribal issues), they would have voted for him willingly...
I wouldn't really blame them, maybe they also want some share of the dollars he ( GEJ) was spraying around, afterall they believe it's their Oyel money...

Nice one from the Ijaw Youth Leader..... Let us put the past behind us to move forward and for a better Nigeria..

I board bike, I tell the aboki guy.
"Sai Buhari"
he say "Sai Baba".
He say make I no bother pay.

After I go Mai suya, after I ordered for suya. I tell am
"Sai Buhari"
he say "Sai Baba"...
He say make I leave money.

After the aboki guy polished my shoe.
I said Sai Buhari.. He replied by gnashing his brownish teeth... Sai Baba.
He said : ma prend leave money...

Then I go Mai Shai. I tell am same thing he say
"Aboki leave money"....

WhaooO!!!
Seems it's working..

Can't wait to go to this my Aboki car dealer in
Surulere tomorrow.....

That's what I call "nice gesture".
One Nigeria

We will accept it (the results of the election). We had our own knife and yam; we were not able to cut it the way we wanted. We have no other person to blame. It is in this part of the country that people ask for money to go and vote. However, the northerners were paying for their own transportation to go and exercise their rights and to go and pick their PVCs.

“Our people were expecting that they would be paid to collect PVCs and the results reflected so. We have no other choice; we are the architect of our own problem. So, we should be able to live with it.

Someone gets it.

Having lived in the North...I know that the average Northerner is a politically aware person.

Go to any Hausa run shop...and you will see the poster of the politician he backs.

And when it is rally time...he will be there well well.

Anyway...we Southerners can win in 2019....just do alliances, alliances.....make sure INEC is funded on time and works properly....and on election day COME OUT AND VOTE.!

MzJackBaueress:
absolutely true!

A reporter from a popular TV Station who covered the election in Bayelsa state said the same thing. He interviewed some Bayelsans why they are not going out to vote,they responded by saying unless they are paid,they will not vote.

It is true after all! Too bad

Front page lalasticlala

Wonderful!!

And Igbo youths are still crying more than the bereaved.

The Ijaw youths will never regret this action, Unlike a certain fat pot bellied pig.

hmmmmm. politics na game of interest. jona brothers don der go one by one.

Dats d spirit of oneness.
.
If to say na GEJ win now, plenty houses go don d burn 4 North and many ppl dead/dying.
.
GEJ a good democrat u are. History will remember u.

Let me start by saying congratulations to Muhammadu Buhari for winning the presidential election and emerging as Nigeria’s president-elect. I have come to realise that Buhari’s victory is the will of God for Nigeria and so, I have come to accept him as my president.

I also want to congratulate President Goodluck Jonathan for being mature enough to accept defeat and concede the election. This man remains one of the greatest Nigerian presidents because he could have decided to set Nigeria on fire but chose the honourable path.

I want to also recognise all my fellow PDP e-warriors that stood beside the President. Thank you for your resilience and unflinching support all through the struggle. Also to recognise all the APC e-warriors who fought bravely in support of their party despite all odds and won the battle.

MY MESSAGE FOR BUHARI

Now that you have become the President, I want to let you know that the change Nigerians really need is not the change of personalities or political party, Nigerians are just tired of the way things have been going in this country. Nigerians are suffering; we struggle to provide basic needs that ordinarily the Government should provide. Thieves continue to steal and get richer while the majority of Nigerians are languishing in poverty. This is the reason why Nigerians have decided to give you a chance; the people believe that God can use you to turn things around in this country that is why you were voted for last Saturday.

(1) Fight corruption to a complete halt in this country especially in the petroleum sector. Sanitize the NNPC, ensure transparency and accountability. Nigerians all over should be able to benefit from our God-given resources. A few cannot continue to hold this country to ransom and steal at will.

(2) Provide stable and reliable power supply for Nigerians. This will enable SME’s to thrive and encourage investors to flock massively into the country. The cost of doing business in this country is crazy because of high energy costs. We must do away with generators in this country for good Mr President.

(3) Please diversify our economy. We cannot continue to depend heavily on oil in Nigeria. Sit down and take a good look at the six geopolitical zones in this country and find a way of harnessing all economic potentials for the good of all Nigerians. Our economy must be less dependent on crude oil.

(4) Deal ruthlessly with corrupt persons who believe that they can continue to steal and do business as usual. This is a democracy but Mr President, you are the C-in-C and you have enormous powers at your disposal, please use them! Don’t be like Jonathan who allowed his Government to be hijacked by criminals who looted the nation dry while Nigerians cried.

(5) Finally, Buhari could be the man that God could use to finally cement Nigeria’s bond of unity by handing over to an Igbo-Nigerian president after his tenure in office whether 4 or 8yrs. Like the Elder statesman Yakubu Gowon said, electing an Igbo president would heal the old wounds of the civil war. Buhari’s name will be written in gold both in the hearts of the Igbos if he can be the instrument to achieving Igbo presidency in this country. If Buhari, being a Fulani from the North can transfer presidential power to the Igbos after him then he will be like the hinge holding Nigeria together.

A WORD FOR THE SE

I want to thank my geopolitical zone the SE for standing with Jonathan till the end. Yes, he lost the election but we have made a bold statement that we can stand with you till death when we give you our word. There was immense pressure to abandon the minority Ijaw man and join the majority but we refused and stood with the minority till the very end. We must however join hands with the new president to move this great nation forward. Personally, I have concluded that Nigeria has come to stay since we have survived this 2015 presidential election. Let us also build good bridges with other geopolitical zones so that we can produce Nigeria’s president after Buhari. No zone can produce the president alone in this country; you need the support of at least four zones to produce the president!

Let us also eschew bitterness and drop all these talk about Biafra; we are Nigerians and we have everything to gain in this country if we can play our game well.


A WORD FOR THE NIGER DELTA

Thank God we can now say that Nigeria has produced a president for the first time from the minority in the person of Goodluck Jonathan who is about to leave office. I can understand the pain/anger because of the outcome of this election but the truth is that what has happened is the will of God for Nigeria; I see the finger of God in all these. This is Buhari’s time to rule this country; he is a man of destiny. He has come just at the right time to save this country from gliding into abyss.

Stop calling the Yorubas traitors and all that. Remember that the Yorubas overwhelmingly voted for your son in 2011 and rejected this same buhari. Check the figures and see that buhari was soundly rejected by the Yorubas in 2011. All Nigerians believed that Jonathyan would be a Messiah that would come and turn things around in this country; this was a man who had no shoes to go to school, who was from a poor background. Nigerians voted massively for him only to be so disappointed that he has not been able to make their lives better. Things are much more difficult for Nigerians now than when Jonathan took over. This is the reason why the Yourubas have rejected Jonathan this time. It is not out of hatred or gang-up but because he has not performed well! Same story about most of the MB and that is why Jonathan lost the MB. Nigerians never had it this bad, state Governors are owing salaries for months, people are hungry, unable to pay school fees and unable to meet their basic human needs.

How foolish can a Government be? Imagine someone that wants to come for a second term and civil servants were not paid their December salaries to celebrate Christmas! This is just unbelievable! It was in December last year that I began to question this Government in my mind but I still continued my relentless support on Nairaland for Jonathan. I saw my relatives who were Civil Servants going hungry during the Christmas celebrations, some could not even purchase new clothes for their kid, how painful!

As for me, I will do my very best in my own little capacity to support Buhari in changing this country for good. If things should continue the way they were going under Jonathan I wonder what the future of our children would be to be honest. It is God that has pushed out Jonathan not Nigerians because of all the prayers and crying that has gone up to him.

Let me also use this medium to appeal to all reasonable Yorubas on Nairaland to prevail on their people to stop opening funny threads about Igbo this Igbo that just because Jonathan lost. The APC people should stop opening threads to tell other Nigerians ‘Ntorrr’, we should move away from such pettiness and mediocrity.


A WORD TO THE CORE NORTH

And to the core North, let this election be a lesson and a reference point. A southerner sitting as president presided over his own defeat, accepted the results and went ahead to congratulate the winner from the north. In 2011 when Jonathan defeated Buhari, he refused to concede defeat but shouted that the election was rigged when we all know that he was defeated by Jonathan then. Nobody is burning tyres on the road in the South, nobody is burning Mosques, nobody is burning houses/cars and nobody is going about killing Northerners. Should the Northerners lose elections in future we expect them to accept the results and not disturb the peace. Jonathan has set a very good precedent not only for Nigeria but Africa.

Ok

hmmmm wind of change everywhere

Them no get option.
Na so oga ashari never knew he tweeted to agree and later came to deny it despite that it is his original tweeter handler.
They should be preparing for grand welcome for mama peace. Hope she will be able to dance her shoki again.

“We will accept it (the results of the election). We had our own knife and yam; we were not able to cut it the way we wanted. We have no other person to blame. It is in this part of the country that people ask for money to go and vote. However, the northerners were paying for their own transportation to go and exercise their rights and to go and pick their PVCs