NANS condemns Niger Delta youth over threats on Tambuwal

The Niger Delta youth have asked the President to check the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The National Association of Nigeria Students, NANS, has condemned the alleged threats by youths from the Niger Delta on the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal.
The Niger Delta youth allegedly stormed Abuja in large numbers on Thursday to warn Mr. Tambuwal to stop the idea of investigating ex-militant, Asari Dokubo, and Presidential Adviser on Niger Delta, Kingsley Kuku, over their separate statements where they claimed that there would be no peace in Nigeria if President Goodluck Jonathan is not allow to pursue his presidential ambition come 2015.
The Vice President, National Affairs of NANS, Ahmad Jibril, in a statement on Thursday faulted the actions of the Niger Delta youth, pointing out that the act was capable of thwarting and disrupting the fragile peace in the country.
“Leadership of the National Association of Nigeria Students have clearly warned other groups and social sectors to kindly put into considerations the state of the nation before making public comments. We strongly believe that no body or group of people is above the laws of our dear country as no one or group of people have monopoly of violence. Therefore, the rule of law should always prevail,” Mr. Jibrl said.
The statement added, “The National Assembly has the right to summon anybody when it deems it fit for such including the president. Social groups should learn not to be used as tools by politicians or groups of unfocused persons. Messrs Kuku and Dokubo are all public servants serving in this present administration, directly affiliated to the presidency; as such, their choice of words have to been carefully monitored.”
“If not in a country like Nigeria, where have you seen a terrorist or rebel honored or even (appointed to a post) by the same country he has attacked before and yet threatens to attack again?” the student union leader lamented.
The said Niger Delta youth, under the aegis of the South-South Restoration Forum, asked President Jonathan and the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to call the Mr. Tambuwal to order “so as not to provoke their anger.”
According to the leader of the youth group, Selekaye Ben, Mr. Tambuwal is biased against the people of the South-South, judging by his disposition to issues involving the region.
Mr. Ben said, “We call on the President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, the national leadership of the PDP and the President of the Senate to call the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal and his team to put an end to any form of intimidation of the people of the South- South zone of Nigeria on National issues. Every Nigerian irrespective of tribe, language, region or religion has equal right and to freedom of expression as enshrined in our constitution, and no individual or group has the sole right to intimidate another group or region under the guise of carrying out his functions.
“How come Tambuwal and Ali Sani Madaki never called for investigation or arrest of Gen. Ibrahim Babangida when he publicly called on Tambuwal to seek for a higher office in 2015 when he knew that there was no vacancy in the Aso Villa? Are all these and many more statements that have been publicly made by people from the North not provocative enough for Tambuwal and his cohorts to call for their arrest and investigation?
“We, the people of the South-South know Tambuwal’s game plan and who he is working for but they should know that we as a people cannot be intimidated by anybody or group in this country.”