‘Avoid inflammatory remarks, focus more on governance’ – Ijaw group tells Wike

A group, Ijaw Political Frontiers (IPF) has called on Governor of River State, Nyeso Wike to avoid inflammatory remarks and focus more on governance.

The group, in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Bedford Berefa, in Yenagoa on Friday, noted that the Ijaw people had never claimed sole ownership of the Niger Delta geo-political zone.

“We are not claiming ownership of the Niger Delta,” Berefa said.

He added that the Ijaw people pioneered the agitation for resource control, which led to the establishment of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and others.

“The NDDC has played host to other ethnic divides without rancour.

“Our only submission in recent times has been the need to constitute the board (of NDDC) as prescribed by the constitution and in accordance to the already established zoning precedence,” he said.

Bereft said that leaders were ordained by God; and not men.

“So, Gov. Wike should focus on governance,” he said.

Bereft urged the governor to avoid statements that could cause ethnic crises in Rivers and the Niger Delta, in general.

The Informant247 – (NAN)