{"id":10457,"date":"2016-07-29T04:55:12","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T04:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10457"},"modified":"2016-07-29T04:55:12","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T04:55:12","slug":"ijaws-not-behind-attacks-on-lagos-ogun-iyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10457","title":{"rendered":"IJAWS NOT BEHIND ATTACKS ON LAGOS, OGUN \u2013 IYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ijaw-youths.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9610\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9610\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ijaw-youths-300x184.png\" alt=\"Ijaw youths\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ijaw-youths-300x184.png 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ijaw-youths-128x80.png 128w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ijaw-youths.png 655w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide has denied<br \/>\nreports that the Ijaws were behind the violent<span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><br \/>\nattacks on communities in Lagos and Ogun<br \/>\nStates by militants.<br \/>\nThe group said those ascribing such<br \/>\ncriminalities to Ijaws were doing so to cause<br \/>\nethnic war between Ijaw and their Yoruba<br \/>\nneighbours.<br \/>\nThe President, IYC, Mr Udengs Eradiri, at a<br \/>\npress conference in Yenagoa on Thursday asked<br \/>\nthe security agencies to flush out the<br \/>\nperpetrators of Lagos violence and stop<br \/>\nmaking public statements that could create<br \/>\nethnic tension.<br \/>\nEradiri said, \u201cThere are some groups in Lagos<br \/>\nengaged in criminal activities and those<br \/>\nactivities are now threatening the brotherly<br \/>\nrelationship our people have enjoyed in Lagos.<br \/>\n\u201cFirst, Nigeria should stop ascribing anything<br \/>\nthat happens in the Niger Delta to Ijaw people.<br \/>\nFor the avoidance of doubt, Niger Delta<br \/>\nAvengers are not Ijaw people. I am tired of<br \/>\nanswering questions about Niger Delta<br \/>\nAvengers.<br \/>\n\u201cI am the President of the Ijaw Youth Council. I<br \/>\nam not the President of NDA. NDA people are<br \/>\nnot Ijaw people. We don\u2019t know who Niger<br \/>\nDelta Avengers are. If the security agencies<br \/>\nknow Avengers, they should arrest them. They<br \/>\nshould do their jobs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey should stop transferring their jobs to<br \/>\ncommunity leaders or youth organisations or<br \/>\nleaders of ethnic nationalities. Their duty is to<br \/>\nmaintain law and order, to gather intelligence<br \/>\nand do whatever they deem fit to ensure that<br \/>\nthere is peace in the country.<br \/>\n\u201cPlease, stop ascribing negative things to Ijaw<br \/>\npeople. We are the fourth largest ethnic<br \/>\nnationalities in Nigeria and I agree that we are<br \/>\nthe people who refuse to eat sand and call it<br \/>\nfood. But that does not mean that every little<br \/>\nthing that happens in the region will be<br \/>\nascribed to Ijaw people.\u201d<br \/>\nEradiri said attacks on Lagos communities had<br \/>\nassumed a worrisome dimension.<br \/>\nHe noted that all the criminal activities in<br \/>\ncommunities hosting the Arepo Atlas Cove<br \/>\npipelines in Lagos and Ogun States were being<br \/>\nperpetrated by thieves who were out to enrich<br \/>\nthemselves.<br \/>\nThe IYC boss said there were widespread<br \/>\neconomic crimes along pipelines in the<br \/>\ncountry, insisting that the Lagos scenario<br \/>\ninvolved people from all the ethnic groups.<br \/>\n\u201cSo, Nigerians should stop ascribing it to Ijaw<br \/>\npeople. Ijaw people are peace-loving people.<br \/>\nFor over hundreds of years, our people have<br \/>\ncohabited with other ethnic nationalities. We<br \/>\nhave never been known to be hostile people.<\/p>\n<p><code><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide has denied reports that the Ijaws were behind the violent attacks on communities in Lagos and Ogun States by militants. The group said those ascribing such criminalities to Ijaws were doing so to cause ethnic war between Ijaw and their Yoruba neighbours. 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