•••Says We are not Weak People, Neither are we Cowards
By Attah Ede
The Leader of the Supreme Egbesu Assembly (SEA) Werinipre Noel Digifa, has warned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory(FCT)Abuja, Nyesom Wike, to be mindful of utterances and repeated invectives against the Ijaw nation.
The leader in a statement issued and made available to newsmen, on Thursday expressed deep concern over the ongoing political development in Rivers State, condemning Wike’s attack on the Ijaw people.
Digifa equally condemned the former governor’s media attacks against the Ijaw ethnic group, warning that the Ijaw people of the Niger Delta are not weak and will resist any form of oppression at the appropriate time.
The leader of the Supreme Egbesu Assembly described Wike’s attack on the Ijaw nation as disrespectful even as he recalled how former President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Patience Jonathan, aided Wike’s rise in politics.
Digifa wondered whether the nation’s intelligence agencies – the Department of State Services (DSS), the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), and the National Security Adviser are not be providing accurate reports on the prevailing situation to President Tinubu.
“We are keenly watching the ongoing political trend which is pure harassment and the intimidation of the Governor of River state.
“We are listening to the insults, the unguarded utterances and the abuse that is being hipped the Ijaw ethnic nationality by Hon Wike.
“The Niger Delta is a community and when controversies arise in a community, reasonable people don’t jump into the wagon to talk.
“We all must not talk because Hon Wike is talking.
“However, we are not sleeping, neither are we cowards. But note that we have always won our just battles and this will be no exception…
“It is sad to note and believe that the intelligence agencies like the
DSS and the NIA with the National Security Advisor are either not passing the right happenings on ground to Mr. President or he may have been ignoring their briefs”, Digifa stated.
