– The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has lambasted some northern elders for supporting their youth’s quit notice threat
– The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCA) had last week issued three months quit notice to Igbos living in the north
– The IYC said it was wrong to forcefully ask a person to leave your territory because he chooses the part of seccession or self-determination
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide has called on the Federal Government to stop “pampering” youths and Northern leaders who ordered Igbos to leave the region in three months as Nigeria cannot afford to experience another civil war.
ZENITHBLOG.com gathered that in a statement by its spokesperson, Henry Iyalla, IYC described the Northern elders and youths as “ignorant” for asking Igbos to vacate the North in three months.
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The statement reads, “This notice to quit order made by the youth’s body and corroborated by the elders goes to show that they are either ignorant or not conversant with the constitutional provision which guarantees the right to own properties and live anywhere within the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Quit notice: Ijaw Youth Council lambasts northern elders, calls for their immediate arrest
“You cannot forcefully ask a person to leave your territory because he chooses the part of seccession or self-determination.
“We expressly state our disdain for such statement coming from the Elders as such words are not only symptoms but actually the cause of the unwarranted civil war and Nigeria cannot afford same now.
“We particularly challenge the Buhari led Federal Government on strong and purposeful leadership aimed at arresting the situation at its preliminary stage and not the kind of way they have handled this critical national issue.
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“We at Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) urges the Federal Government to look at the issue of restructuring this country so component states can manage and control the ownership of her resources which is in tandem with the concept of true federalism.
“This will be a step in the right direction on the part of the Federal Government especially now that Nigeria is in urgent need of a way forward.”
ZENITHBLOG.com had previously reported that the Ijaw youths lambasted IPOB saying they were not part of Biafra.
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