The Biafra Nations Youth League (BNYL) has dismissed the threat by the Concerned Niger Delta Youths to destroy Igbo properties in the Niger Delta over a recent alleged attack on Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, in Madrid, Spain, by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

The Concerned Niger Delta Youths had issued an ultimatum to Igbo people to apologise to the Minister or risk losing their properties. However, BNYL in a statement jointly signed by the Deputy Leader 1 of BNYL, Ebuta Ogar Takon, and Chief of Staff of the group, Linus Essien, lambasted the Niger Delta youths, saying that most Niger Delta people are not part of the threat.

The statement made available to News Express on Sunday morning, December 15, 2019, described the threat as shameful. It reminded the aggrieved youths of their Igbo names and the Igbo-related languages which they speak in Rivers State, adding that “the Ikwerre cannot hide under the name Niger Delta to lure other sections into xenophobic actions.”

“We advise them to channel their strength to the Fulani herdsmen if they have the power, not hiding in one room to issue threats in the name of all Niger Deltans. It baffles us that those issuing the threats do not even know that they are part of Igbo tribe. Amaechi himself has made so many public appearances declaring that he is a proud Igbo; even his brother was Ohanaeze Secretary, so IPOB attacked him it is because he is an Igboman like Senator Ike Ekweremadu,” BNYL said.

It urged Igbos to disregard the threat, noting: “No Bakassi man was there, no Ejagham man was there, not even an Ibibio man was there. There was not any statement from Ijaw, or Urhobo on the issue. Even Amaechi has dismissed rumours of his alleged attack. So they are own their own; we are not part of them, and our members and followers in the Niger Delta are not among them.”