A combined team of soldiers and policemen have been drafted to the Ijaw house venue of a proposed meeting by Niger Delta ex-militants.
 
Sources told PREMIUM TIMES that the security operatives were deployed on the orders of Governor Seriake Dickson on Friday.
 
Civil servants in Bayelsa Ministry if Culture and Ijaw National Affairs and other government agencies with offices in the same building were denied access to their offices on Friday.
 
The Bayelsa government had announced the cancellation of the meeting convened by ex-militants leaders in Bayelsa in a statement on Friday.
 
The Bayelsa Governor, Mr. Dickson, in a statement by his chief press secretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, stated that the governor has offered to meet with the former militants leaders at a later date.
 
“Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson has called for the postponement of the proposed meeting of the leaders of ex-agitators in the Niger Delta, earlier scheduled for this Saturday, 25th of July, 2015 in Yenagoa by them,” Mr. Iworiso-Markson said. 
 
The statement added that the governor will meet with them soon, to discuss issues as it affects the ex-agitators and others issues of overall strategic interest of the region and the nation as a whole.
 
Mr. Iworiso-Markson called for the understanding and cooperation of all concerned.
 
However, in a reaction to Bayelsa Govrnment’s seal off of the venue, the Ijaw Youths Council in a statement by its spokesperson, Eric Omare, blamed President Muhammad Buhari for the development.
 
“The Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide condemn in the strongest terms the military invasion of Ijaw House, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State; the administrative headquarters of the Ijaw National Congress the Ijaw Youth Council and housing the Bayelsa State Ministry of Ijaw National Affairs and Culture,” he said.
 
“A combined team of military and police officers in the early hours of Friday, the 24th of July, 2015 invaded and took over Ijaw House, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State to prevent ex-Niger Delta agitators from having their proposed meeting on Saturday, the 25th of July, 2015.
 
“This is illegal, unconstitutional and a draw back to the dark days of military dictatorship where Nigerians were deprived of their fundamental rights. 
“The IYC wishes to remind the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, that we are in a constitutional democracy where things are done according to law.”
 
The IYC also alleged that Mr. Buhari had a plot to attack the Niger Delta region.
 
“The fears of many Nigerians that General Buhari would take Nigeria back to the dark days of dictatorship where there is no regard for human rights are coming to reality,” he said.
“The IYC has it on good authority that President Buhari has an agenda to bomb and destroy the Niger-Delta region especially the Ijaw areas.
 
“The military movement into the Niger Delta region we have been reliably informed would commence this week.”

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The Governor ordered deployment not the President. This IYC should stop behaving like the TANoids on Nairaland.

Better

hmm kk. federal gov dey fear militants hunh.

Nigerians shitting in their pants over militants.

We need peace in our country

Some peeps just regained their peace of mind now... Aso rock must be happy with this news....

Good

Fp material Lalasticala oya do the needful

Parade has changed. Those militants had better be on their best behavior . this is not the clueless administration when nonsense was tolerated.

Which kind of illiterate witches are these?
What brought the presidency into this matter now?
Even before d meeting the governor had made it clear he wasn't in support and from Seriason Dickson's antecedents and d political atmosphere in Bayelsa,he was ready to go to any length to stop the gathering,which he has done.
So what now concerns PMB with a meeting that was even deprived of its significance after other major militant leaders had backed out.
This people just want to appear relevant by hook,crook or ogogoro.

But for how long, how many more decades will dissenting voices be wrong and only Nigeria right?

Groups getting bolder by the day, challenging the status quo, while on the other hand Nigeria's image and respect continues to diminish around the world.

The people of this country should sit down and discuss the mode of their co-habitation. The people have bottled so much and too long

So far buhari actions towords the ss/se is tacitly aimed at angering the south to a violent agitation which he will invariably use that opportunity to balance the scores of kills that gej deed to his brothers(bokoharam).
Unknown to him the people are aware and prepared.

Wetin be PMB own for this matter now, Ijaws should stop behaving like their almajiri neighbours aka wailing wailers!

kenonze:
If I happen to b the president of NIG for just A month, I will hire train killers to eliminate many elements that are hindering the progress of this country.
After doing just that, I will hand over to my deputy and enjoy free air.

and what happened after the founder of bokoharam was eliminated? stop talking thrash and pray for the peace of the nation

doctokwus:
Which kind of illiterate witches are these?
What brought the presidency into this matter now?
Even before d meeting the governor had made it clear he wasn't in support and from Seriason Dickson's antecedents and d political atmosphere in Bayelsa,he was ready to go to any length to stop the gathering,which he has done.
So what now concerns PMB with a meeting that was even deprived of its significance after other major militant leaders had backed out.
This people just want to appear relevant by hook,crook or ogogoro.

'if you bury a lie,it will rot!if you bury the truth,it will rise!<anonymous.
....'those who make peaceful changes impossible,are certainly making violent changes inevitable'!....no matter how long it takes,a season will come when light will conquer darkness. The evil old order led by PMB is directly or indirectly given restless youths more conviction to rebel against the state. 'History repeats itself,either for good or for worst'! I fear that this time both the baboons and dogs in Abuja may be soaked in their blood.

Please elucidate to me what the definition of a TANOID is.

Biafrans and TANOID will soon be here now, cursing and barking at PMB,even without reading the news.

They should have been allowed to go ahead with their meeting as long as they don't say or do things against the law of the land. My humble opinion.

Only time will tell they will return to the creeks or stay in cities to enjoy their new riches