Ijaw youth from across the various clans in the oil rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria on Thursday, October 6, 2016 staged a massive protest in Yenagoa the capital of Bayelsa State, over what they described as the persecution of former President Goodluck Jonathan, his wife Patience and close associates of theirs.
The youth numbering several thousands carried several placards with inscriptions that condemned sponsored media attacks and EFCC’s conspiratorial prosecution of the former first family.
The group demanded an immediate cessation of what it called state-sponsored attacks and warned of a complete shutdown of oil installations should they persist.
It would be recalled that the EFCC ordered the freeze of accounts belonging to the former first lady and through media outlets have bandied several amounts allegedly held by Mrs. Jonathan as being proceeds from crimes.
Some lawyers, while insisting on Mrs. Jonathan’s innocence have insisted that the EFCC is being sensational with the issue as the bank balances of her accounts are far less than the various figures being touted. Mrs. Jonathan on her part have sued Skye Bank and joined the EFCC to the suit.
