Monday, 27 August 2012

Ijaw leaders in secret meeting over Jonathan’s safety

NOTABLE Ijaw leaders met behind closed doors in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on the security situation in the country and the safety of President Goodluck Jonathan.
Jonathan, who comes from Bayelsa, is Ijaw.
Our correspondent learnt that the meeting, which took place  at the Government House on Friday,  was reportedly  convened by Governor Seriake Dickson.
It was attended by former Chairman of the defunct Oil Mineral Producing Areas Development Commission, Chief Albert Horsfall; former Governor of the old Rivers State, Alfred Diete -Spiff; and former Bayelsa Governor Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha.
Others were former Minister of Aviation, Alabo Graham-Douglas; former President of Ijaw National Congress, Chief Joshua Fumudoh; and a Niger Delta activist, Ankio Briggs.
But former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark, famously called the Ijaw Nation Leader,  was absent from the meeting,  which lasted over six hours.

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