We give you Seven Days To Leave Our Land – Ijaw Youths Warn

We give seven days to leave our land, Ijaw youths Worldwide have declared to oil companies operating in the Niger Delta regions.

This comes on the heels of another 30-day ultimatum which the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) had given to the Federal Government to constitute a substantive board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)..

The IYC said it would not guarantee the safety of oil companies’ staffers who remained in the territory at the expiration of the ultimatum.

Ijaw Youths Congress spoke via their president, Peter Timothy Igbifa, in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.

He said the youths would not guarantee the safety of such workers ahead of their planned shutdown of the region, neither would rescind its decision to shut down the Niger Delta.

The IYC leader said “We are not going to carry guns and chase anybody as Ijaw youths but we will lock down the region until our demand for the substantive board is inaugurated in the NDDC.

“In line with the ultimatum as the days are counting, we should have nine days remaining to go. All IOCs operating in our region should begin a peaceful evacuation of their personnel. We need a peaceful evacuation because we do not want anybody to take advantage of the shutdown.

“We want them to take responsibility of their personnel, remove them gently. If you have IOCs that operate flow stations, take the remaining days and time and shutdown them down gently by yourself.

“We are not coming to your flow station, shut them by yourself, we want you to shut the flames by yourself and vacate your personnel. Within these seven days remaining in the ultimatum, you can take three to four days to shut down and evacuate so we can have a peaceful shutdown.

“We have said from the beginning, we are not taking up arms, we are not shooting and this is why we pray that this thing runs gently and we pray that the Federal Government do the needful.

“The moment the board is inaugurated we will lift the ultimatum and go into a discussion on the issues that have to do with the region. We will itemize them and discuss them.

“We must achieve this task to appease Boro and the spirit of these men, who fought with him during the 12 days revolution because their spirit cannot rest until the things they fought for are achieved.”

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The Ijaw Youths Congress leader said the only condition which would avert the said shutdown was the Federal Government inaugurating the board before the end of the ultimatum.