Nairaland Forum

A coalition of youths from all the Niger Delta ethnic nationalities in the oil bearing of Ondo, Edo , Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers and Akwa Ibom States, on Friday night in Warri, Delta State, insisted that President Goodluck Jonathan must retain the fuel subsidy removal policy or face their wrath.

They warned that they would go back to the creeks to stop the flow of oil from the region if he backs down on the subsidy removal decision.

The more than 1,000 youths stormed Warri Stadium as early as 8.00a.m carrying placards to drum home their support for the withdrawal of petroleum subsidy by the Federal Government.

Some of the placards read thus: “Fuel subsidy removal is for our benefit, stop intimidating Jonathan”; “Niger Deltans support Jonathan”; “Tackle Boko Haram threat first”; “Northerners, leave Goodluck alone”; “We shall stop the flow of oil and gas from our backyard if Federal Government reverts to #65”; “Labour, allow the policy to stay for our future benefit”; “We shall support Jonathan with our last blood,” and so on.

The protest was organised by Niger Delta youth activist and business guru, Mr. Ayiri Emami, and other youth leaders from the different ethnic nationalities in the state.

Addressing the crowd, Ayiri said the support for President Jonathan was based on the fact that people from the oil rich region had long been buying fuel at N200 for a long time as the various NNPC floating stations installed in some of the creeks have not sold as little as one litre of fuel to any one because no fuel has been supplied it by the powers that be.

He, however, appealed to the President to ensure that savings from the removal be prudently spent on infrastructural development of the oil bearing communities, and Nigeria in general.

He equally promised that if no evidence of judicious deployment of the monies realised was observed, they would go back to the streets in protest.

Mr. Ayiri Emami rings a bell on every ill and social injustice meted in the Nigeri-Delta region and environs, Why would any law abiding Nigerian have anything to do with him? The answer is not far fetched- Money!!

These militants need to understand that FG was too lenient on them because a full war was never declared. If a full scale war is declared everything breathing is not spared. I pray they understand the way the world functions and stop playing this non-existent ethnic card.

These militants need to understand that FG was too lenient on them because a full war was never declared. If a full scale war is declared everything breathing is not spared. I pray they understand the way the world functions and stop playing this non-existent ethnic card.

Pin-point! Only if these protesters were truly Militant, These protesters are just youth having nothing to do! Politicians are just using these people to their own end,