Reports say President Muhammadu Buhari will
personally meet with leaders of the Niger Delta
region to foster a way of ending the crisis in the
region.
This is coming after the Nigerian president had
asked the leaders of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) to help him beg the militants over their
renewed attacks.
He had said: “No insurance company will want
to insure installations that will end up being
blown up and no banks will want to finance
such installations.
“Those of you who have friends among the
leadership or even the militants themselves
should plead with them in the name of God ?
Almighty to take it easy.”

Speaking on President Buhari’s decision, Udens
Eradiri, president of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC),
said: “We want to commend the President
because I heard from the grapevine, from
one of our foremost governors and leader of
Ijaw land this morning (yesterday) when he
said they had been invited by the President
for an engagement with respect to the Niger
Delta crises.
Some militants of the Niger Delta Avengers.
“So, I want to commend the President for
hearing our cries and for taking the right
approach because there is no other approach
than what the President has decided to do.
“Mr. President is a very meticulous man who
keeps a lot of things to his chest and
Nigerian and people who are always around
take advantage of his silence and
misinterpret the body language of Mr.
President in various ways.
“That body language that has been
misinterpreted has created a lot of confusion
that has further worsened the situation in
Niger Delta.

“Therefore we thank God Mr. President will
be coming out boldly to address the issues
and body language will no longer be
misrepresented.
“We want to thank the president for that bold
step and look forward to the right leaders
going to sit down with the President to
properly articulate the position of Niger
Delta.”
The Ijaw youth leader also advised the president
and the federal government to seek permanent
solutions to the issues of Fulani herdsmen attacks,
agitation for Biafra, attacks on pipelines among
other disturbances in the country.
“We are of the opinion that Nigeria needs to
be restructured so that we can solve
problems of tomato price, dollar prices,
insecurity, herdsmen crises and insecurity in
the middle belt, armed robbery cases and
others.
“The only solution to Nigeria’s problems not
just Niger Delta problem is that we
restructure this country to the point where
people sit down and agree that we should go
forward as a nation.
“It is only in that spirit that we will solve
Avengers’ (Niger Delta Avengers) problems
once and for all.
“We want a holistic approach to the problem
so that tomorrow an avenger will not arise or
a destroyer will not arise or another pseudo
group will not come and be destabilising the
region.

“We have said this because the same issue
the Willink’s Commission talked about was
the same issue Isaac Boro came out to
declare the Niger Delta Republic and
eventually fought for Nigeria and died for it;
the same issue Ken Saro Wiwa was killed
for.
“It is the same issue that led to the
formation of IYC to non-violently address
issues of underdevelopment and
marginalisation in the Nigeria state and the
same issues that led to MEND and the same
issue that led to avengers.

“So, if we want to move forward its only
common sense that we address those issues
and we think that those issues are
holistically embedded in a restructured
Nigeria,” Eradiri was quoted to have said.
Daily Post reports that Barrister Emma Nmezu and
Dr Clifford Chukwuemeka Iroanya, the
spokespersons of the group, announced this in a
statement issued on Saturday, June 25.

In a statement titled “There must be ‘BIAFREXIT’
in line with the just concluded ‘BREXIT’”, IPOB
congratulated the people of Britain and applauded
the government for respecting the wishes of its
citizens.

taaa the coward illiterate terrorist gworo chewing bastard burukutu sipping gorilla no fit try am

hopeless sherifat in town

A welcome development.

painful enough, even if he grants d amnesty, it is dier leaders dat wl b d benefitiaries

I don't even undastand what is happening, ok make we dey look wetin go happen next

Another plan to loot our money? All these leader will take a big pay in zillions and forget about those actually suffering in the creeks!

we are watching and listening

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That's ok.

We yoruba muslims hail our new Sherrifat in town.

this was anticipated...... wise move. Generals are chess masters.... so is PMB. You just can't outsmart them and they don't give up either.

I wish PMB is able to win this psychological war... NDA. The guys are genuinely unhappy with PMB but the issues can be resolved.

PMB should demonstrate belief and strength by visiting ND. This will send a strong message to both friends and foes.

Nice one my President, the Carrot and Stick approach seems to be yielding result.