As individuals and
groups suggest various ways of tackling the Boko Haram debacle that has unleashed so much terror on innocent Nigerians, youths in the Niger Delta have expressed the view that declaration of total war remains the only option.
The Youths under the umbrella of the Niger Delta Youth Coalition (NDYC) told newsmen in Port Harcourt Saturday that until the Federal Government confronts the deadly group through full blown war, the insurgents would not end their reign of terror.
National Co-ordinator of NDYC, Prince Emmanuel Ogba regretted that since the history of the country, no group had ever taken on the Federal Government without any reasonable cause as the Boko Haram, and urged President Jonathan to crush the group through total war.
He said while the government continues to treat the sect with kid gloves, it remains unrepentant in killing, maiming and embarrassing the country before the world without any reasonable agenda except display of hatred for civilization, education and the Christian faithful.
NDYC equally called on President Jonathan to make public the sponsors of the group so that Nigerians and the world would know the real enemies.
“Enough is enough, let the sponsors of the Boko Haram be unmasked and adequately dealt with according to the provisions of the law of Nigeria and let total war be declared on the sect since it has become obvious that what it needs is nothing less than war”, the Co-ordinator said.
Prince Ogba said nothing short of Resource Control and practice of true Federalism would take Nigeria to her rightful place and position in the comity of nations, and called on members of the National Conference to save Nigeria by adopting both true federalism and resource control.
He said, “it is not as if the oil is in the Niger Delta that is the reason why we want resource control but because all parts of the country can be economically viable”.
The group called for the scrapping of State Electoral Commission as they called on the Presidency and National Assembly to amend the relevant sections of the constitution and scrap state electoral body.
Chris Oluoh
