The youths described as desperate, moves by the APC to
wrest power from PDP states in the Niger Delta adding that it would be futile
as was not on ground in Akwa Ibom and indeed the Niger Delta region.
The assembly was plunged into crisis on Tuesday after
five APC lawmakers, whose seats were recently declared vacant by the Speaker of
the House, Onofiok Luke, attempted to impeach Gov Emmanuel Udom.
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the state accused the immediate past
governor of the state Godswill Akpabio, an APC leader, of masterminds of
the failed impeachment a development Akpabio denied.
However, the state APC chairman Mr Ime Okopido told reporters
in Uyo on Thursday that the opposition party
had nothing to do with the crisis
in the House of Assembly.
Okopido described the statement credited to the state PDP chairman Mr Paul Ekpo on November 27, alleging that the APC lawmakers met to
impeach the governor as faulty and misleading.
The youths under the auspices of Coalition of Niger Delta
Youth Leaders (CNDYL) expressed solidarity with Gov Emmanuel Udom and Akwa Ibom
people in a communiqué issued after a meeting in Yenagoa.
Akwa Ibom chapter of CNDYL and the National Executive had
held an emergency meeting at the National Secretariat on Thursday to review the
situation.
According to the Communique signed by Mr Tiedor Olayinks,
National President, Mr Trimik Utube, Secretary and David Akpabio, Akwa Ibom
chapter Chairman of CNDYL there are unseen external hands fueling the crisis.
The group therefore urged people of Akwa
Ibom to be vigilant to report suspicious movements of criminally minded persons
in their neighbourhoods to the nearest police or other security agencies around
their areas.
“We call on the youths and peace-loving
people of Akwa Ibom to be very resolute and rally their unalloyed and
unwavering support to the State Government under Governor Emmanuel Udom.
“Udom is a shining example of good leadership and a
propelling inspiration to the youths not only in Akwa Ibom, the failed attempt
by five out of 26 members was laughable and undemocratic .
“We perceive a growing trend of executive manipulation
from the Buhari-led APC Federal Government in using underhand dealings of
security agencies to intimidate, harass and influence established democratic
institutions and processes in the country.
“With the passage of the electoral act into law by the
National Assembly; there is need for robust sensitization campaigns by
Government of what the law entails and citizens’ participation as well.
“We urge youth across the Niger Delta to close ranks to
ensure the sustenance of the relative peace in our various communities and urge
political gladiators to show restraint in their public utterances to avoid heating-up
the polity,” The group stated.
The group also berated the frequent changes of Commissioners
of Police in PDP states in the Niger Delta region especially Bayelsa, and Akwa
Ibom claiming it was a ploy to rig forthcoming general elections.
The group noted that the use of military deployed to
Rivers to disband trainees of vigilance scheme backed by the state government
relevant laws was another instance of meddlesomeness by federal security
agencies in PDP controlled state in the region.
It further urged the international community to prevail
on the APC federal government to allow the prevailing peace to reign to avoid
dragging the region into another phase of violence.
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