Ijaw youths have threatened to attack supporters of the presidential
candidate for the All Progressives Congress, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari
(retd.), in southern part of Nigeria.
The youths said on Sunday
that they would visit Buhari’s supporters in the South with violence if
the loyalists of President Goodluck Jonathan should be attacked in the
North.
The Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide said the decision to
attack Buhari’s supporters was informed by reports that some persons in
the North had resorted to sending open threat messages to pro-Jonathan
governors and other supporters.
In a statement by the IYC
spokesperson, Mr. Eric Omare, the youths said, “All Nigerians
irrespective of his or her place of origin has a right to contest for
the presidency of Nigeria and Nigerians have a right to support any
candidate of their choice without molestation.
“It would be
recalled that hundreds of Nigerians, especially NYSC members were killed
and properties worth millions of naira destroyed in the aftermath of
the 2011 elections as a result of similar undemocratic disposition of
some elements in the North.”
“We of southern Nigeria have not at
any time threatened or attacked supporters of General Buhari; hence any
threat or attack on supporters of President Jonathan in the north would
be visited with proportionate action from us in the south.
“Governors
Amaechi, (Rochas) Okorocha and (Adams) Oshiomole; Timipre Silva, John
Oyegun, Bola Tinubu and other supporters of General Buhari in southern
Nigeria are going about their campaigns without any molestation from
southerners.
“Enough is enough for those who promised and are
making northern Nigeria ungovernable for President Jonathan. If they
want their own country, let them say so as we can no longer accept the
‘Extreme North Must Rule’ mentality of some northerners.”
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