Dokubo’s removal plot: Izanzan camp washes hands off

By Cletus Opukeme, Warri

The leadership of Ijaw Interest Advocates (IIA) Izanzan intellectual Camp has said that its group is not part of the campaign to remove Professor Charles Dokubo as Chairman of the amnesty programme, just as it added the group will never be a party of anti-Ijaw campaign for another Ijaw in position of authorities, except on glaring poor performance and widspread corruption.

National Coordinator of the group, Amb. Yerinmene Arerebo disclosed this Tuesday, said ‘‘ We received several calls from our admirers across Ijaw Nation over the status quo of the Presidential Amnesty Propgramme (PAP) and her leadership led by Prof. Charles Dokubo.

‘’While we owe nobody any explanation, it is better for us to unveil our position without mincing worlds as it concerns the entirety of Ijaw Nation and Niger Delta at large.

’’ Going further, as young intellectuals that had decided to always operate intellectual-wise to attract development to our towns and villages,  we have resolved to support and protect the Ijaw Interest (Agenda) at all level anytime especially when Ijaw Interest conflicts with others. It is for the aforesaid reason we are coming out to make our position known to the general public without using derogatory and inflammatory words’’ he noted

Stating further, ‘‘Our Resolutions/Recommendations are as fellows;; We resolved not to be part of any plot to remove one Ijaw man for elevation of another Ijaw man for any reason whatsoever as we always wish our leaders; kinsmen well.

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‘’ Ijaw leaders and stakeholders must unite and merge their collective synergy to plan for the way forward for Ijaw Nation before it’s too late. We fault the leadership of Charles Dokubo to a certain level but convincingly it hasn’t gotten to the level of calling for his replacement in other word “Sack”.

‘‘ Prof. Charles Dokubo should be allow to discharge his official duties but he, Charles Dokubo must show some level of transparency and act all inclussively beyond reasonable doubt. As young people that has resolved not to compromise our collective conscience for any reason whatsoever, we are strongly advising Prof. charles Dokubo to immediately reach-out to all aggrieved stakeholders in the region to maintain as well as strengthen the already existing peace in the region.

‘‘ But if presidency so decided to change the leadership of the programme, maximum attention.should be given to Delta State Ijaw for a fact that the modern Day struggle that resulted to the creation of the amnesty programme originated from Delta State and Delta Ijaw has nit man the office since the inception of the board. In as much as new leadership has being contemplated, presidency must give maximum attention to capacity and fairness.

‘‘ Recourse to fairness will indeed give room to capable sons of Ijaw origin from Delta state precisely to man the office as the program is a very strategic one which must be operated with maximum skill and experience. And most pertinently considering item 7, 8, 9 Delta Ijaws must come together to front one man for the job else we will loose it all like the way we lose it all in the board of NDDC.’’ The statement highlighted.