{"id":9649,"date":"2016-06-26T11:28:07","date_gmt":"2016-06-26T11:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=9649"},"modified":"2016-06-26T11:28:07","modified_gmt":"2016-06-26T11:28:07","slug":"militancy-buhari-to-meet-niger-delta-leaders-ijaw-youths-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=9649","title":{"rendered":"Militancy: Buhari to meet Niger Delta leaders &#8211; Ijaw youths President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaymu.com.ng\/computers-laptops-gaming\/?utm_source=pap&amp;utm_medium=aff&amp;utm_campaign=84f4a1bf&amp;a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=84f4a1bf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/accounts\/default1\/a72f75b38\/84f4a1bf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/scripts\/a72f75i38?a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=84f4a1bf\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/code><\/p>\n<p>There are indications that President Muhammad<br \/>\nBuhari may have finally agreed to meet with Niger<span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><br \/>\nDelta leaders in a bid to proffer permanent solution<br \/>\nto the renewed militancy in the region.<br \/>\nThis was disclosed by the President of the Ijaw<br \/>\nYouths<a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Niger-Delta-map-.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9463\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9463\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Niger-Delta-map-.jpg\" alt=\"Niger Delta map\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Niger-Delta-map-.jpg 300w, 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http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Alayo-2.jpg 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> Council, IYC, Udens Eradiri, on Saturday.<br \/>\nThis is coming just after the President urged<br \/>\nleaders of the All Progerssives Congress, APC, \u201cin<br \/>\nthe name of God to beg militants to take it easy\u201d<br \/>\nand lay down their arms.<br \/>\nAccording to Eradiri, elders and stakeholders in the<br \/>\nregion were contacted by the presidency with the<br \/>\naim of holding a peace talk.<br \/>\nEradiri said, \u201cWe want to commend the President<br \/>\nbecause I heard from the grapevine, from one of<br \/>\nour foremost governors and leader of Ijaw land this<br \/>\nmorning (yesterday) when he said they had been<br \/>\ninvited by the President for an engagement with<br \/>\nrespect to the Niger Delta crises.<br \/>\n\u201cSo, I want to commend the President for hearing<br \/>\nour cries and for taking the right approach because<br \/>\nthere is no other approach than what the President<br \/>\nhas decided to do.<br \/>\n\u201cMr. President is a very meticulous man who keeps<br \/>\na lot of things to his chest and Nigerian and people<br \/>\nwho are always around take advantage of his<br \/>\nsilence and misinterpret the body language of Mr.<br \/>\nPresident in various ways \u201cThat body language that has been misinterpreted<br \/>\nhas created a lot of confusion that has further<br \/>\nworsened the situation in Niger Delta.<br \/>\n\u201cTherefore we thank God Mr. President will be<br \/>\ncoming out boldly to address the issues and body<br \/>\nlanguage will no longer be misrepresented.<br \/>\n\u201cWe want to thank the president for that bold step<br \/>\nand look forward to the right leaders going to sit<br \/>\ndown with the President to properly articulate the<br \/>\nposition of Niger Delta\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- BEGIN JUMIA --><a 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This was disclosed by the President of the Ijaw Youths Council, IYC, Udens Eradiri, on Saturday. 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