Ijaw Leaders Forum (ILF), a body of leaders of thought, has slammed Sokoto State governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, over comments attributed to him at the inauguration of the campaign council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, that Bayelsa State will be delivered to the party.
The ILF frowned at Tambuwal’s statement and alleged it as a plot to rig APC into power by hook or crook.
The ILF, in a statement by the Publicity Secretary of the body, Prof. Friday Brisbie-Williams, yesterday, warned that any attempt to rig the December 5 governorship election will be resisted by the people.
The ILF commended Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, for turning down the offer to chair the campaign council just as the other absentee members were praised for “their sense of decency.”
The statement recalled the role Tambuwal was said to have played by working against former president Goodluck Jonathan while as speaker of the House of Representatives, stating that by such actions he was an enemy of the Ijaw nation.
The statement added: “We Ijaw know who are our enemies and we will ensure that our people are effectively mobilised to stop our enemies and their party from having a foothold in Bayelsa.”