The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), has condemned the reported threat by some radical elements in the Northern part of the country to pro-Jonathan governors and other supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election bid in the North, saying it was an invitation to anarchy.
The IYC in a statement in Yenagoa by its spokesman Comrade Eric Omare, said all Nigerians irrespective of place of origin have a right to contest for the Presidency of Nigeria and also have the right to support any candidate of their choice without molestation.
The statement reads,”the attention of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Worldwide has been drawn to an article published in several national newspapers on Sunday, 21st December, 2014 to the effect that some radical elements in the northern part of the country are sending open threat messages to pro- Jonathan Governors and other supporters of President Jonathan’s re-election bid in the North threatening to ruthlessly deal with them if they continue with their support for President Jonathan against General Buhari in the 2015 Presidential elections.
“The IYC condemn in the strongest terms the threats and the desperation of supporters of General Buhari in the North to take over the leadership of Nigeria at all cost in 2015. We state that such open threats especially coming from a ranking member of the National Assembly is highly undemocratic and an invitation to anarchy.”
