By Austin Ogwuda
THE Ijaw National Congress, INC worldwide led by Prof. Benjamin Okaba has sent a strong warning concerning on the ongoing political turmoil unfolding in Rivers State, insisting that on no account should Governor Fubara’s tenure be truncated.
Okaba handed down the warning, Thursday, while speaking at the Ijaw Heroes Park to mark the 56th celebration of the death of late Ijaw hero, Isaac Adaka Boro, otherwise known as Boro Day in Yenagoa.
He declared that “Fubara has become governor and he will remain governor. Anybody that wants to touch Fubara is touching the Ijaw nation.
“It is the INC duty to defend the Ijaw cause. An injury to an Ijaw man is an injury to all of us. That is why we are so focused and committed in the Rivers cause.
“The Fubara – Dagogo governorship can never be tampered with. We are unrepentant in our struggle to make sure that 24 years of political slavery is a thing of the past.
“When some people criticized us that INC led a protest march in Port Harcourt, I don’t have any apology for anybody. The matter was a serious one and it needed serious action.
“In advancing the Ijaw cause”, he went on, “we have also thought of what to do to go beyond rhetorics in advancing the programme of Ijaw people together to speak with one common voice”.
The INC President also warned that the Ijaw may exit Nigeria due to frustration, saying “We fought to have a state. We fought to have interventionist agencies. Nobody has given us anything on a platter of gold. So the struggle continues; the INC has the core mandate of uniting the Ijaw people. It also has the mandate of advancing the identity of an Ijaw man”, he added.
