Some youths, under the aegis of Niger Delta Youth Council have threatened to shut down oil production across the region over the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State.
The group, in a letter by its Leader, Bene Youkore Mamamu, addressed to President Bola Tinubu on Saturday, issued a seven-day ultimatum, demanded immediate restoration of Rivers State statutory revenue allocation.
They also called for end of impeachment plot against Rivers State Governor, Similaye Fubara, and the public retraction of anti-Ijaw remarks purportedly attributed to the former Governor of the State, Nyesom Wike.
The youths also noted that Wike’s comment, describing the Ijaws as a minority group of the minorities, is provocative, inflammatory, and a declaration of war.
The letter partly reads: “We are ready to shock the world in seven days.
“We are prepared to take decisive action if our demands are not met within the seven days.
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“The oil that fuels this nation flows from our land, the fourth largest and most populated ethnic group in Nigeria, and we will not allow Wike, who is suspected of being used by the Presidency, to sabotage our region and undermine Ijaw history.
“We are angry that Tinubu’s government has empowered Wike and the Judiciary to undermine Ijaws and the Niger-Delta region, with regular threats to impeach Governor Fubara, seize the States allocation, insult late Pa Edwin Clark and rewrite the history of Ijaw nation from fourth largest ethnic groups to minority.”
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