The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has refuted claims of Ijaw youths planning coordinated attacks on military sites in the Niger Delta, calling the assertions misleading and unfounded. President of the INC, Prof Benjamin Okaba, dismissed an alleged intelligence report directing military formations in the region to be on high alert, labeling the claim as false.
He emphasized that there is no such plan or justification for such actions by the Ijaw Youth Council or any other organization in Ijaw land.
Okaba in a statement said: “As the umbrella organisation of Ijaw people worldwide, our attention has been drawn to an orchestrated report aimed at pitching the Federal Government and military against the Ijaw nation.
“We have carried out diligent investigation and found out that the report is not only fake but a figment of the imagination of those who concocted and generated this delicate, devlish and unfortunate idea. According to him,the region needs peace, tranquility and development now more than ever .we are all united as Ijaw people in condemning the dastardly acts of the criminals who killed the officers and men of the Nigerian Army”
“We, however, wish to reiterate as in our earlier statements on this subject matter that the military should be more professional in fishing out the culprits. More damages should not be inflicted on the innocent indigenes and that justice be tampered with mercy to the extent of exempting the innocent citizens of the affected communities in their reprisal operations”
“We also wish to use this opportunity to warn and advice members of the politicial class within and outside the region that they should not take their desperate politics beyond the level of decency”
The originators of this evil and very dangerous plot are the true enemies of the Ijaw nation.He therefore calls on all well meaning Nigerians and particularly the military authorities to disregard this fake,cheap blackmail and unfounded rumour and treat it as such
