Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, yesterday, said the deployment of military troops to the Niger Delta and the South-East region will not quench the rising agitations. Ijaw youths from the nine states of the Niger-Delta region also described as “condemnable” and “sad” the attack on the home of the leader of the Independent People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanin Umuohia, Abia State, by suspected military officers
which led to the loss of lives, last Sunday. IYC, in a statement issued and signed by its President, Barr. Eric Omare, stated that “it is condemnable the attack on the home of the leader of the
Independent People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu in Umuohia,
Abia State by suspected military officers which led to
the loss of lives. “The picture of those killed and injured tells very sad story about the engagement of the military with IPOB members. It amounts to gross violation of human rights for Nigerians to be indiscriminately shot and killed because of legitimate agitation for justice. “The deployment of troops whether as operation crocodile smile or python dance is not the solution to the Niger Delta and Igbo agitations.
The agitations are about quest for equity and fairness in the
affairs of Nigeria and cannot be silenced through the barrel
of the gun. In the first place, it was totally unnecessary and
insensitive for the military to launch operation python dance
in the South-East considering the prevailing atmosphere in
the region. “The activities of IPOB members have been civil and orderly, hence can be controlled by regular mobile police rather than the military. IYC is not surprised with the turn of events in the South-East because from our experience in the Niger Delta,
the deployment of the military always carries tales of sorry
and pains as experienced in the Igbo nation now.
“We call on President Muhammadu Buhari to bring to justice the perpetrators of the killings in the South-East, withdraw the military officers and bring to a halt operation python dance in the region.IPOB’s demand for selfdetermination just like that
of the Niger-Delta and other parts of the country cannot be stopped with the dance of a python, but only through justice and equity through a restructured Nigeria that guarantees the different parts of the country the right to develop at their pace. Therefore neither the dance of a python nor the smile of a crocodile would quell the agitations”.
Source: Nigeria Pilot
which led to the loss of lives, last Sunday. IYC, in a statement issued and signed by its President, Barr. Eric Omare, stated that “it is condemnable the attack on the home of the leader of the
Independent People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu in Umuohia,
Abia State by suspected military officers which led to
the loss of lives. “The picture of those killed and injured tells very sad story about the engagement of the military with IPOB members. It amounts to gross violation of human rights for Nigerians to be indiscriminately shot and killed because of legitimate agitation for justice. “The deployment of troops whether as operation crocodile smile or python dance is not the solution to the Niger Delta and Igbo agitations.
The agitations are about quest for equity and fairness in the
affairs of Nigeria and cannot be silenced through the barrel
of the gun. In the first place, it was totally unnecessary and
insensitive for the military to launch operation python dance
in the South-East considering the prevailing atmosphere in
the region. “The activities of IPOB members have been civil and orderly, hence can be controlled by regular mobile police rather than the military. IYC is not surprised with the turn of events in the South-East because from our experience in the Niger Delta,
the deployment of the military always carries tales of sorry
and pains as experienced in the Igbo nation now.
“We call on President Muhammadu Buhari to bring to justice the perpetrators of the killings in the South-East, withdraw the military officers and bring to a halt operation python dance in the region.IPOB’s demand for selfdetermination just like that
of the Niger-Delta and other parts of the country cannot be stopped with the dance of a python, but only through justice and equity through a restructured Nigeria that guarantees the different parts of the country the right to develop at their pace. Therefore neither the dance of a python nor the smile of a crocodile would quell the agitations”.
Source: Nigeria Pilot
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