The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) said yesterday that it was prepared for the dissolution of Nigeria.

The youths noted that Nigeria was long overdue for division, insisting that oil wealth was the only cord binding the country together.

The statement followed calls from northern youths that Nigeria should be dissolved peacefully.

The Ijaw youths said their northern counterparts spoke when they visited the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II.

But IYC, in a statement by its spokesman, Eric Omare, said: “To the IYC, this call by northern youths has vindicated our age long position that the only thing holding Nigeria together is the petrodollars from the Niger Delta.

“By this call, it is now clear that the moment the oil wells in the Niger Delta dry up, Nigeria would cease to exist.

“We also welcome the call by northern youths for northerners in the South to return home within two weeks,” he said.

The IYC statement called on Niger Deltans and southerners living in the North to return home.

“The IYC wish to strongly call and warn Niger Deltans and southerners in the North to take this call very serious.

“The IYC calls on Niger Delta governors and other southern governors to accommodate and take care of southerners who would return home. We call on Niger Deltans to be vigilant in the coming days,” the statement said.


Source: The Nation