Ijaw youths threaten to attack on Buhari’s supporters.

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.”