THE Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide has said that the South-South region is not part of Biafra and called on the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra to stop claiming that states in the region are among the territories of Biafra.

The IYC, in a statement issued by its spokesman, Mr. Henry Iyalla, in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, decried a statement credited to one of MASSOB’s leaders, Solomon Chukwu, claiming that the South-South region was part of the Biafran territory.



Explaining that Chukwu’s statement was published in some national dailies on Tuesday, June 6, 2017, the IYC pointed out that the Ijaw and Niger Delta struggle for self-determination predated the agitation for a sovereign state of Biafra.

“The attention of the Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide has been drawn to a statement credited to one MASSOB leader, Solomon Chukwu, published in some newspapers of Tuesday June 6, 2017, declaring that the South-South region is included in the territory of Biafra which MASSOB, IPOB and other self-determination movements are agitating for.

“This comment has been made by other Biafra leaders in different fora. For the records, the IYC wishes to state as follows; that the Ijaw and Niger Delta people identify with the Biafran struggle for self-determination.

“However, we wish to state clearly that the Ijaw and Niger Delta struggle for self-determination predates the Biafran agitations. It is on record that even before the Biafra declaration of independence in 1967, Major Jasper Adaka Boro, during a 12-day revolution, declared a Niger Delta Republic in 1966.

“This was before the advent and struggle for the actualisation of Biafra. The Ijaw and Niger Delta people had always maintained separate and distinct identity from our Igbo brothers of the South-East,” the statement read in part.

The IYC insisted that the Ijaw areas were not ‘part and parcel’ of the territory of Biafra.

“We will collaborate with our South-East, Middle Belt and any other minority groups in the quest for self-determination based on mutual respect and common understanding.

“In the coming days, we will start the constructive engagement on these terms,” the IYC statement further read.
http://punchng.com/ssouth-not-part-of-biafra-iyc-tells-massob/

Mynd44, lalasticlala

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ok.
no problem
we're only interested in our igbo brothers over there like the anioma agbor and those in rivers
we have nothing in common with ijaw itshekiri uhrobo isoko edo and the rest.

akwacross can decide if they want or not

so whenever they're referring to SS they should be specific with the tribes involved unless they mean that SS is synonymous to Ijaw

that's my verdict and that of my brothers

What is it the IPOB guys don't get ? Over and over south-south insist they are not part of Biafra, they don't think they belong in there and they don't feel secure in an Igbo controlled nation, more like jumping from frying pan to fire. Please and please leave them out of your agitation.

Propaganda news from an afonja news outlet

Nnaaameh,
Just tell me who will associate themselves with drug smugglers, baby factory experts, ritualists, prostitutes, and fraudsters?

Nnwayims and Nwokems Ntooor

but iyc.ijaw youth movement.. you guys have never an will never be part of biafraland..

funny Biafrans don't need you guys...
nekwa ndi mbamiri.. and you guys now very well we call you guys ndi mbamiri. o why issue a death statement.

no body want militants an lazy folks.

biafra is for hardworking men and women..

IYC acan allied with the yoruba's...

IYC MUST BE MAD

The soviet style dissolution is what Nigeria needs.It will b a very big slap for ss to b part of Biafra, it won't work that way.Nigeria needs to split into at least 5 separate countries for there to b peace.

Dem Land Grabbers!

flatinoz come & see

BininKingdom:
IYC MUST BE MAD

Why are you interested in forcing people into what they do not want to be part of? Isn't that your problem with Lugard?

dadavivo:
Propaganda news from an afonja news outlet

Hard to believe right - I know... just give it a few minutes it will sink in.

kogistar:
flatinoz come & see

Now I feel sorry for them. This is too traumatic

bounty007:
but iyc.ijaw youth movement.. you guys have never an will never be part of biafraland..

funny Biafrans don't need you guys...
nekwa ndi mbamiri.. and you guys now very well we call you guys ndi mbamiri. o why issue a death statement.

no body want militants an lazy folks.

biafra is for hardworking men and women..

IYC acan allied with the yoruba's...

You're being emotional. Stop making the job easy for aboki and Afonja

Punch is a Yoruba newspaper

Jaymaxxy:


Why are you interested in forcing people into what they do not want to be part of? Isn't that your problem with Lugard?

BUT YOU PEOPLE ARE TAKING PART OF IGBO LAND BECAUSE IT FALLS IN THE FAKE GEOGRAPHICAL REGION CALLED SOUTH-SOUTH.
YOU DON'T CARE BECAUSE IT FAVOURS YOU

The only important thing is that ijaw oil will forever belong to the North, and the impact of oil pollution will always be the ijaw lots

Take a certain group of people seriously at your own risk.

The only Problem is that he is in Port Harcourt saying SS is not Biafra, shouldn't he be in Yenagoa, Bayelsa?


lmfao!