The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide has vowed to rise in an unprecedented revolution if any evil happens to Goodluck Jonathan, a former president. This statement was made following a fatal accident involving the former president’s convoy on Wednesday, in which two of his police orderlies died.
In a statement released in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, IYC National President, Peter Timothy Igbifa, alleged that the accident was a premeditated attempt by some conspirators to end the life of the former president ahead of the 2023 general elections. These people he said in his words are desperate politicians, who see others as a threat to their ambitions, he therefore warned that the entire Niger Delta and the Ijaw nation would rise in an unprecedented revolution that would if anything happened to Jonathan.
Igbifa in his speech further said “those who are against the return of Jonathan to Aso Rock should explore other peaceful ways to stop him instead of resorting to violence that can plunge the entire country into endless crisis.
“This is the same with any Niger Deltan contesting for the office of President across political parties. Don’t attempt to take their lives rather, defeat them politically.
He however implored the security agencies to rise up to their responsibilities and beef up security around the former President and should also probe this accident and make public the circumstances that led to it. He stressed that “The blood of our hero cannot be used to settle political scores”.