There are indications that President Muhammad
Buhari may have finally agreed to meet with Niger
Delta leaders in a bid to proffer permanent solution
to the renewed militancy in the region.
This was disclosed by the President of the Ijaw
Youths
Council, IYC, Udens Eradiri, on Saturday.
This is coming just after the President urged
leaders of the All Progerssives Congress, APC, “in
the name of God to beg militants to take it easy”
and lay down their arms.
According to Eradiri, elders and stakeholders in the
region were contacted by the presidency with the
aim of holding a peace talk.
Eradiri said, “We want to commend the President
because I heard from the grapevine, from one of
our foremost governors and leader of Ijaw land this
morning (yesterday) when he said they had been
invited by the President for an engagement with
respect to the Niger Delta crises.
“So, I want to commend the President for hearing
our cries and for taking the right approach because
there is no other approach than what the President
has decided to do.
“Mr. President is a very meticulous man who keeps
a lot of things to his chest and Nigerian and people
who are always around take advantage of his
silence and misinterpret the body language of Mr.
President in various ways “That body language that has been misinterpreted
has created a lot of confusion that has further
worsened the situation in Niger Delta.
“Therefore we thank God Mr. President will be
coming out boldly to address the issues and body
language will no longer be misrepresented.
“We want to thank the president for that bold step
and look forward to the right leaders going to sit
down with the President to properly articulate the
position of Niger Delta”.
