Pro-Fubara Supporters Threaten Pipelines, IYC Calls For Peace

IYC has urged Rivers lawmakers to prioritize peace as pro-Fubara supporters have expressed frustration and have threatened to sabotage oil pipelines.

The spokesperson of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Bedford Beref, has urged the 27 lawmakers led by Martins Amaehwule to focus on maintaining peace in Rivers State.

He warned that Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s supporters have been expressing frustration and even threatening to sabotage oil pipelines since the Supreme Court’s recent judgment.

Speaking in an interview on Tuesday, Beref stressed the need for cooperation to prevent further unrest in the state.

“Pro-Fubara guys are agitating, there is so much agitation, the people are saying that we are going to burst pipelines and all of that. As Ijaw youth leader, our duty is to ensure that there is peace, because we don’t want the Niger Delta to be thrown back to the era of militancy. And I can tell you for free, this issue is like a bullet waiting to be shot, waiting for the trigger, for it to be triggered, that I can tell you for free,” he said.

He also called on the lawmakers to prioritize the welfare of the people above political conflicts.

“So there is urgent need for collaboration, the 37 lawmakers must see reasons, they must put the peace of Rivers State first before any other person. The Rivers people, the Rivers peace that’s been enjoyed must come first, and so they must look at this issue very, very technically,” he stated.
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