PRESS RELEASE REPORT: IYC Western Zone Fires Back at Itsekiri Group, Defends Ijaw Legacy in Amnesty Programme
PRESS RELEASE REPORT IYC Western Zone Fires Back at Itsekiri Group, Defends Ijaw Legacy in Amnesty Programme By Dr. Odimientimi Agbedeyi For Global Egberi TV Ofunama A fresh wave of political tension is sweeping across the Niger Delta following a strongly worded press statement issued by the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Western Zone , rejecting what it described as “reckless ultimatums” and “historical distortion” allegedly propagated by a group identifying itself as the Itsekiri Ethnic Nationality Ex-Agitators Forum. In the statement jointly signed by Comrade Nicholas Igarama (Chairman), Ebi Joshua Olowolayemo Esq. (Secretary), and Comrade Tare Magbei (Information Officer), the IYC Western Zone did not mince words. The group firmly dismissed what it termed revisionist narratives concerning the origin and ownership of the Presidential Amnesty Programme. “Established History Cannot Be Rewritten” According to the IYC, the Presidential Amnesty Programme was birthed out of an Ijaw-led ...
