Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa
The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) has distanced itself the endorsement of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly Speaker, Hon. Kombowei Benson, for the Federal House of Representatives seat, ahead of the 2019 elections.
The group, which stated that it is a pressure group and not a political association, admitted that some of its members were invited for a meeting with the Bayelsa Speaker on his aspiration to represent the Southern Ijaw Federal Constituency declared that the outcome of the meeting was not an endorsement of Hon. Konbowei Benson’s ambition.
The IYC Chairman, in a statement issued, in Yenagoa, stated that the IYC remains apolitical. The group maintained that the endorsement of any candidate from any of the political parties would take into cognizance the general interest of Ijaw youths.
The statement, which was signed by the Chairman (Southern Ijaw IYC), Comrade Abule Titus, the Secretary, Comrade Bestman…
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