I am writing this piece to correct the wrong impression by most Nigerians on the issue of militancy and the ijaw nation or better still, the erroneous use of the word "militant" in virtually everything that partains to the ijaws.
First and foremost, it is so annoying to say that every person from the ijaw ethnic distraction is a militant, it is an insult to us. If today, somebody like me who has never handled a gun or knows how to insert a bullet in a gun has a fight a with somebody, the media will say "ijaw militant attacked a man in yenagoa". The activities of militants has never been seen in many parts of ijaw soil. It only happens in places that has oil. Besides, we only have ex militants in the niger delta due to the wide acceptance of the presidential amnesty in 2009. Inquire from your friends and brothers who live among the ijaws on their land to prove that.

It is also devastating to notice that the media chose to describe every vice in the niger delta to be militancy. If armed robbers rob in niger delta it is ijaw militants, if two communities fight because of land dispute,the media will tag the ijaw side as militants. I wonder how nigeria understands the word militancy. Ijaws are warm and peace loving people who were pushed to the wall by the administrative and structural biases of the nigerian nation as regards the production of oil, the neglect, the environmental effects and the general attitude of the varioust administrations to their plights. Militancy comes into existence because other means never produced a fruitful result due to the dominance by other bigger tribes.

stop ranting one of your numerous spokesmen said something few days ago. and his core of is discussion revolves around fighting. an average ijaw is a militant.

https://www.nairaland.com/4269639/dont-make-us-harm-itsekiri/8#63938178

WinningSun:
stop ranting one of your numerous spokesmen said something few days ago. and his core of is discussion revolves around fighting. an average ijaw is a militant.

https://www.nairaland.com/4269639/dont-make-us-harm-itsekiri/8#63938178

Absolutely wrong. It is too far from reality. Militancy is even a creation of the federal government
I bet u haven't been to any part of ijaw land

Henryjr:




Absolutely wrong. It is too far from reality. Militancy is even a creation of the federal government
I bet u haven't been to any part of ijaw land

you may rant from now till thy kingdom comes.

I can bring hundreds of topics that captions "IJAW YOUTH COUNCIL' and every of their statements revolves around fighting, giving ultimatum, threatening to go back to kidnapping and all sort.

this is not the only group there are several of them.

WHO ARE YOUR STATESMEN?
ASARI Dokunbo, ateke tom, tompolo, what about that WARRI BILLIONAIRE AYIRI EMAMI, what do all this people have in common. MILITANCY.

not all ijaw are militant. but in Nigeria all militant are Ijaw.

you may have not held a gun. but I doubt if you don't know a militant or someone who does.

WinningSun:


you may rant from now till thy kingdom comes.

I can bring hundreds of topics that captions "IJAW YOUTH COUNCIL' and every of their statements revolves around fighting, giving ultimatum, threatening to go back to kidnapping and all sort.

this is not the only group there are several of them.

WHO ARE YOUR STATESMEN?
ASARI Dokunbo, ateke tom, tompolo, what about that WARRI BILLIONAIRE AYIRI EMAMI, what do all this people have in common. MILITANCY.

not all ijaw are militant. but in Nigeria all militant are Ijaw.

you may have not held a gun. but I doubt if you don't know a militant or someone who does.

To many you are right, but to me, you still getting it wrong. The IYC is a pressure group that has the responsibility of defending the ijaws without using the barrels of the gun. All the names u mentioned above can be better described as ex militants as they no longer carry out any activity that relate to militancy. A retired soldier will always behave like a soldier due to experiences during active service, but that doesn't in any way quality him or her a soldier. The issues of statemanship, I can say these men are respected by many for what they fought for . People feel they should not only be respected when they die like Isaac Boro, Ken Saro Wiwa et al...like I said in the post, militancy came because other means failed. Our senators, reps, governors could not do anything in a system dominated by other bigger tribes. Note also that there are millions of my likes who are not militants. I won't argue if u call tompolo and co militants, but dnt call the whole ijaws militants. Be informed that no part of my LGA(sagbama) in Bayelsa has ever witnessed militant activities

WinningSun:


you may rant from now till thy kingdom comes.

I can bring hundreds of topics that captions "IJAW YOUTH COUNCIL' and every of their statements revolves around fighting, giving ultimatum, threatening to go back to kidnapping and all sort.

this is not the only group there are several of them.

WHO ARE YOUR STATESMEN?
ASARI Dokunbo, ateke tom, tompolo, what about that WARRI BILLIONAIRE AYIRI EMAMI, what do all this people have in common. MILITANCY.

not all ijaw are militant. but in Nigeria all militant are Ijaw.

you may have not held a gun. but I doubt if you don't know a militant or someone who does.

If the bolden is true, then we can safely assume as well that not all yorubas are skull miners, but all skull miners are yorubas"
I guess Bachama Militants are Ijaws as well. Is Ayiri Emami an Ijaw?

Henryjr:


To many you are right, but to me, you still getting it wrong. The IYC is a pressure group that has the responsibility of defending the ijaws without using the barrels of the gun. All the names u mentioned above can be better described as ex militants as they no longer carry out any activity that relate to militancy. A retired soldier will always behave like a soldier due to experiences during active service, but that doesn't in any way quality him or her a soldier. The issues of statemanship, I can say these men are respected by many for what they fought for . People feel they should not only be respected when they die like Isaac Boro, Ken Saro Wiwa et al...like I said in the post, militancy came because other means failed. Our senators, reps, governors could not do anything in a system dominated by other bigger tribes. Note also that there are millions of my likes who are not militants. I won't argue if u call tompolo and co militants, but dnt call the whole ijaws militants. Be informed that no part of my LGA(sagbama) in Bayelsa has ever witnessed militant activities

don't mention Isaac adaka Boro and saro wiwa in one breath as those I have named.
how are the IYC defending the people. like I have said they are a violent group in none of their declaration or so called ultimatum have the address the issues of the degradation in their backyards.

millions of ijaws may not be a militant. but you leaders have been very silent about their activities. just like the fulani elders.

Why will the elders condemn the militants when their opinons and demands has always been turned down by the powers at the top. What has federal government done about the PANDEF and their recommendations. A group by the elders such as Edwin Clarke, Alfred Diete Spiff n others

The issue of niger delta and the federal government has always been a choice between NON-VIOLENCE and NON-EXISTENCE. So u see, the elders are useless in that effect...the federal understands the voices of the militants better than those of the elders.