COMMUNIQUE OF THE ALL-IJAW CONFERENCE HELD
AT THE SHERATON AIRPORT HOTEL, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, USA FROM MAY 29TH TO
MAY 31ST , 2009, UNDER THE AEGIS OF THE IJAW NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THE
AMERICAS (INAA) DURING ITS 13TH ANNUAL “BORO DAY”
SUMMIT AND “SERVICE & DEVOTION” AWARD CEREMONY
Ijaws from
Europe, Canada, America
and Nigeria, met
under the
aegis of the Ijaw National Alliance of the America
for the 13th
annual “Boro Day” observance. The Ijaws discussed salient
issues in the
Nigerian Polity .
·
The premeditated invasion of Gbaramatu Kingdom and its attendant
“collateral”
damages;
·
The unprecedented and massive
displacement of innocent and defenseless fellow Nigerians;
·
The resolution of
the House of Representative
in support of the genocidal invasion of Gbaramatu Kingdom;
·
We also reviewed the irresponsible
and outrageous utterance by Ibn
N’Allah, a member of the Federal
House
of Representatives;
·
The delay in releasing a white paper on
the Niger Delta Technical Committee Report and the continuing militancy
in the
Niger Delta ;
·
The inaction of the responsible
authorities in addressing the environmental problems in the Niger Delta.
The meeting
resolved as
follows:
- That
we condemn in very strong terms, the unprovoked invasion of the Gbaramatu Kingdom, Odi,
Abonema and other Ijaw communities of the Niger Delta;
- The
meeting regretted the unwarranted and avoidable loss of civilian and
military lives, and properties;
- That
the Federal government stop immediately, this genocide on the Ijaw
community of the Niger Delta by resettling the “collateral”
damages;
- That
while we condemn Ibn N’Allah about his statement
to exterminate 20 million Ijaws, we are not surprised
that our fears were, however, confirmed that he was speaking for the
North by the disposition of the Arewa Consultative Forum;
- Furthermore,
we believe that the military invasion of Gbaramatu Kingdom
and other Ijaw towns and villages is part of the campaign started long
ago. This campaign is part of the agenda to further disenfranchise the
Ijaw, and undermine the Vice President. Otherwise
how does one explain the fact that the invasion took place while the
Vice President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, was away on official Federal
government duty in Sweden;
- We
unequivocally and unreservedly support Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and the
role he is playing as a faithful Vice President to the Federal
government.
The
conference resolved that
for peace to reign in the Niger Delta there must be demilitarization of
the
Niger Delta, a political solution, and justice and equity to the issues
canvassed.
Finally we
call on the United
States,
European Union and other International bodies that believe in justice
and
equity to prevail upon the Nigerian government to stop this genocide on
the
Ijaw communities of the Niger Delta.
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