Ijaw youth leaders disown MEND

An Ijaw organisation, the Ijaw Youths Leadership Forum, has condemned the activities of some people claiming to be operating under the aegis of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta.

The youth leaders described those sending threat messages in the name of MEND as miscreants, who should be investigated and prosecuted by the relevant security bodies.

Their comment was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of a meeting of the IYLF signed on behalf of the group by Elder Timi Ogoriba, Mr. Jon-Jon Oyinfie, former presidents of the Ijaw Youth Council, Ms. Hilda Dokubo, Mr. Wilson Ajuwa and Mr. Kingsley Otuaro.

The group said that those behind the threat to throw bombs in the country were only out on a mission to rubbish the good efforts of the Federal Government to address emergent security challenges in the society.

It said, “The IYLF denounces and warns fifth columnists and criminal elements in the cloak of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta to stop forthwith their condemnable and reprehensive press statements designed to discredit the commendable efforts of the Federal Government in curbing security challenges in the country.