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We Are Not Criminals, Militants, Ijaw Youths Cry Out

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The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), worldwide, has stated that the continued linkage of the Ijaw ethnic nationality to criminal activities taking place in Ikorodu, Lagos state, and some communities in Ogun state was a deliberate ploy by some highly placed persons to justify the “evil they are planning against the Ijaw people”.

 

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The IYC Stressed that the plan was being hatched to portray the Ijaw ethnic stock in bad light, stating that the idea was to make Ijaw people look like enemies in the eyes of all their neighbours in the southern part of the country.

This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the IYC spokesman, Eric Omare, which reads, “The latest of this orchestrated plan is the accusation that Ijaw militants carried out the Sunday, July 24, 2016 kidnap of a Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Mr. Bajomo at Santos Bus Stop, Ikorodu, Lagos state, by unknown gunmen.

“According to the news, after the kidnappers had left, it was discovered that they were Ijaw militants. The questions that readily come to mind are: how did they know that they were Ijaw militants?

“Was anybody arrested? Who among the kidnappers confessed that they were Ijaw militants? Did the kidnappers identify themselves as Ijaw militants while carrying out their criminal activity? These and other questions beg for answers,” Ijaw youths stated.

It would be recall that some militants had unleashed mayhem on some parts of Ogun and Lagos States in renewed militia attacks.

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