In a recent interview, Nigeria’s Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, asserted that the Ijaw ethnic group does not constitute the majority in the Niger Delta region.
He cautioned Ijaw communities against threatening peace in Rivers State, referencing their warnings to sabotage pipelines if Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, an Ijaw native, faces impeachment.
Wike emphasized that the Ijaw are not the predominant group in the Niger Delta. He highlighted that in states like Akwa Ibom and Delta, the Ijaw are minorities, with Bayelsa State being the only state where they can solely produce a governor.
He said, “People must speak the truth. Heaven will not fall. You only die once, not two times. Let me say something and people should have that right: the Ijaw does not constitute the majority of the Niger Delta.
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“Every day you wake up, Ijaw will do this. In Akwa Ibom, Ijaw cannot be governor. In Delta, Ijaw is minority of the minority. With all the respect to our late elder statesman, Edwin Clark, he’s from Delta. He had never produced an Ijaw man to be governor of Delta.
“The only place Ijaw can solely be governor is in Bayelsa State. Not in Edo, not in Rivers. It’s minority of the minorities.”
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