The Urhobo Youth Leaders Association, UYLA, in Delta State, has distanced the group from the quit notice issued to Northerners and Yorubas by Niger Delta group.
Niger Delta agitators, had last Thursday, asked northerners and the Yorubas in the Niger Delta to leave the region before October 1, 2017.
But the Urhobo youth leaders noted that the, “so-called” agitators, who issued the illegal notice under the aegis of Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators, CNDA, were miscreants.
In a statement signed by the Spokesperson of the association, Terryson Orhiunu, the youth leaders said, “On the issue of the quick notice given to Northerners and Yoruba by some Niger Delta miscreants, we of Urhobo Youths Leadership Association disassociate ourselves from the faceless group, our area is open for everybody to do business and all we want is equity and justices in the Nigeria affairs.”
They called on the federal government, “to speedily implement the demands of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, by setting up the dialogue team to quickly resolve the Niger Delta problems.
“We must be involved in the exploration and exploitation of oil and gas business in our land, not the situation where those who do not have a drop of oil in their domain are now the ones determining all that is happening in the oil and gas industry.
“We at Urhobo Youth Leaders Association do not see PANDEF as a political organization, it is a regional organization genuinely advocating the wellbeing of the all Niger Deltans and all ethnic groups are carried along in its activities.
“We do not know the favour the self-acclaimed APC leader, who could not deliver his polling unit is seeking from his sponsors, but he is known to be anti-Niger Delta and should leave PANDEF alone.”
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