Ijaw Youths Warn against Threats to Pro-Jonathan Govs in the North The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has condemned the reported threat by some radical elements in the northern part of the country to pro-Jonathan governors and other supporters of the president’s re-election bid in the North, saying it was an invitation to anarchy. The IYC, in a statement in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, by its spokesman Eric Omare, said all Nigerians, irrespective of their places of origin, have a right to contest for the presidency and also have the right to support any candidate of their choice without molestation. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the group said: “The attention of the IYC worldwide has been drawn to a publication in several national newspapers on Sunday, December 21 to the effect that some radical elements in the northern part of the country are sending open threat messages to pro-Jonathan governors and other supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election bid in the North threatening to ruthlessly deal with them if they continue with their support for President Jonathan against General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) in the 2015 presidential election. “The IYC condemns in the strongest terms the threats and the desperation of supporters of Buhari in the North to take over the leadership of Nigeria at all cost in 2015. We state that such open threats, especially coming from a ranking member of the National Assembly is highly undemocratic and an invitation to anarchy.”
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 23:07:26 +0000