{"id":20348,"date":"2020-01-20T18:31:58","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T18:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=20348"},"modified":"2020-01-20T18:31:58","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T18:31:58","slug":"we-wont-let-ipob-meeting-hold-in-bayelsa-says-iyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/we-wont-let-ipob-meeting-hold-in-bayelsa-says-iyc","title":{"rendered":"We wont let IPOB meeting hold in Bayelsa, says IYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), Central Zone, has insisted that it would not allow the Indigeneous People of Biafra (IPOB) to hold its meeting in any part of Bayelsa State.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that IPOB\u2019s scheduled meeting in Yenagoa at the weekend could not hold because the Kennedy Olorogun-led IYC warned against it.<\/p>\n<p>The IYC Chairman threatened that anybody caught holding such meeting in the state would be thoroughly beaten.<\/p>\n<p>Describing such meeting as a threat to Ijaw nation, Olorogun maintained that IPOB should restrict activities for its agitations to its zone.<\/p>\n<p>Clarifying his position, Olorogun told the Nation that the Ijaw people have their agitation against the Federal Government and had pursued it over the years.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that contrary to the claims of some persons, Ijaw is not part of Biafran territory and will never partake in the activities of IPOB.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that agitations had consequences adding that the Ijaw people had managed their issues without involving persons pushing for Biafra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), Central Zone, has insisted that it would not allow the Indigeneous People of Biafra (IPOB) to hold its meeting in any part of Bayelsa State. 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