Boro day: IYC promises to resist expansionists in Ijaw territory

As the Ijaw ethnic group conduct processions in remembrance of the demise of their late hero, Jasper Isaac Adams Boro, across the world today, the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) has renewed its commitment to united Ijaw people and protect its ancestral territory against external aggressors and expansionist groups.

Speaking during a briefing to kick start the remembrance celebration of late Boro who is believed to be the pioneer of minority rights activism, the Spokesman of IYC Worldwide, Comrade Ebilade Ekerefe, said that it particularly frowns at the inability of President Muhammadu Buhari led administration to secure the nation against external forces that have taken many innocent lives.

Explaining further, Ekerefe said that Buhari’s body language emboldens the rampaging Fulani herdsmen that have divided Nigeria along ethnic-religious lines, adding that their reign of havoc and terror against defenceless farmers and citizens of the country is impunity taken too far under his watch.

The IYC also condemned in strong terms the wanton attack on police formations in South-Eastern Nigeria, especially the recent attacks in Rivers State by unknown gunmen, while calling on the Federal Government to strengthen and motivate security personnel who put their lives on the line every day to safeguard the country.

Recalling the philosophy behind Boro’s Twelve Days Revolution, the IYC spokesman said that in order to save the country from self district, the best time to restructure the country in a manner that would guarantee equity, fairness and justice for all is now or never.

He added that though, Boro’s vision, may have moved from violent revolution, armed agitation to intellectual agitations, the Ijaw nation will not fold its arms and watch the Nigerian Government that has developed a “steel heart” towards the calls by the people of the Niger Delta region.

Parts of the speech read “we want to specially commend the Bayelsa Governor, His Excellency, Senator Douye Diri for sustaining the peace of the only homogeneous Ijaw state. As Council, we reassure him and leaders of Ijaw Nation of our commitment towards a united Ijaw Nation and emphatically state that no Ijaw territory within the Nigerian state can be conquered under our watch as steps are already been taken by the IYC to resist any external aggressors and expansionist groups and defend our ancestral land and heritage and we urge other ethnic nationalities within the region to do same.

“We frown at the inability of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to secure the Nation. Nigeria is more divided under him along ethno-religious lines as his body language emboldens the rampaging Fulani herdsmen to reign havoc and terror against defenceless farmers and citizens of this Country with bracing impunity. The wanton killings by Boko haram, Bandits and herdsmen have gotten to a crescendo and if the president does not rise up to the occasion as a fair and liberal leader, he may wake up one morning to find out that Nigeria is history under his watch.

“We condemn in its strongest terms the killings of police officers and the wanton destruction of police stations in the South-East, and most recently, in Rivers State by unknown gunmen. We sympathise with the families of those who’ve lost loved ones and especially, the government and people of Rivers state for the insecurity challenges they currently face. Our prayers and thoughts are with them in these trying times while calling on the federal government to strengthen security and motivate security personnel’s who’ve put their lives on the line to do the job more effectively.

“The agitations for secession in some parts of the country as a result of the perceived expansionists agenda by the Fulani caliphate is taking a dangerous dimension and we believe there’s no better time to restructure this country than now. The president should as a matter of urgency call for a national dialogue that will serve as a roadmap towards the total restructuring of Nigeria that will reflect the principles of true fiscal federalism. The 1999 constitution as amended is lopsided and it can not guarantee equity, fairness and justice.”

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