The proposed MEND meeting which was scheduled to hold this morning did
not hold as soldiers reportedly sealed off the Ijaw House, venue of the
proposed meeting on the orders of the state governor, Dickson Seriake.
Sources at the governors office say Seriake had sent a letter to MEND
members proposing to meet with them at a later date to discuss their
grievances. The group, through its spokesperson, Eric Omare, released a
statement condemning the soldiers invasion of Ijaw House. Read the
statement after the cut...
"The Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide condemn in the strongest terms the
military invasion of Ijaw House, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State; the
administrative headquarters of the Ijaw National Congress the Ijaw Youth
Council and housing the Bayelsa State Ministry of Ijaw National Affairs
and Culture. A combined team of military and police officers in the
early hours of Friday, the 24th of July, 2015 invaded and took over Ijaw
House, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State to prevent ex-Niger Delta agitators from
having their proposed meeting on Saturday, the 25th of July, 2015. This
is illegal, unconstitutional and a draw back to the dark days of
military dictatorship where Nigerians were deprived of their fundamental
rights. The IYC wishes to remind the President and Commander in Chief
of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu
Buhari, that we are in a constitutional democracy where things are done
according to law. The fears of many Nigerians that General Buhari would
take Nigeria back to the dark days of dictatorship where there is no
regard for human rights are coming to reality. The IYC has it on good
authority that President Buhari has an agenda to bomb and destroy the
Niger-Delta region especially the Ijaw areas. The military movement into
the Niger Delta region we have been reliably informed would commence
this week.”the statement read
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