{"id":4632,"date":"2025-08-13T13:28:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/just-in-foremost-ijaw-youth-organization-dismisses-allegations-made-against-amnesty-boss-dennis-otuaro-by-itsekiri-youths-council-says-itsekiris-never-took-part-in-niger-delta-struggle\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T13:28:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:28:49","slug":"just-in-foremost-ijaw-youth-organization-dismisses-allegations-made-against-amnesty-boss-dennis-otuaro-by-itsekiri-youths-council-says-itsekiris-never-took-part-in-niger-delta-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/just-in-foremost-ijaw-youth-organization-dismisses-allegations-made-against-amnesty-boss-dennis-otuaro-by-itsekiri-youths-council-says-itsekiris-never-took-part-in-niger-delta-struggle\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: Foremost Ijaw Youth Organization Dismisses Allegations Made Against Amnesty Boss, Dennis Otuaro By Itsekiri Youths Council, Says Itsekiris Never Took Part In Niger Delta Struggle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Uche Alvin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ijaw Youths Network (IYN) has dismissed allegations by an Itsekiri group accusing the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr. Dennis Otuaro, of unfair treatment towards Itsekiri ex-agitators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement signed on Tuesday by its National President, Frank Ebikabo, and Secretary, Federal Ebiaridor, the IYN recalled that the Itsekiri community distanced itself from the amnesty proclamation made by the late President Umaru Musa Yar\u2019Adua for former Niger Delta agitators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IYN also wondered why the Itsekiri monarch, the Olu of Warri who itself is aware of the commendable actions of the Amnesty boss in absorbing more Itsekiri into the scholarship scheme, has not given direction to his people behind the amorphous body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IYN said it is inclined to believe that the traditional institution might be behind this ugly narrative being spearheaded by Itsekiri against the PAP Administrator, using the fictitious Warri Youth Council as a megaphone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They noted that the so-called Warri Youth Council is a faceless body with no digital presence whatsoever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ebikabo and Ebiaridor advised the Itsekiri Monarch, the Olu of Warri against embarking on a journey of futility to re-write history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IYN stressed that the Itsekiri did not have ex-agitators in the first instance during the Niger Delta struggle, which was spearheaded by the Ijaws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group recalled that Itsekiri insisted that they were peace-loving, educated and civilised people who would have nothing to do with the offer of presidential amnesty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They noted that the Itsekiri were brought into the amnesty programme following interventions by stakeholders in the Niger Delta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group said that the facts were clear that no disarmament and demobilisation of the presidential amnesty programme were held in Koko, Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, or anywhere in Itsekiri land, contrary to the claim made by the Warri Youth Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They noted that the exercise for the first, second and third phases of the programme were held in Agbarho and 3 Battalion, Effurun, in Delta State and not in Koko.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They stated that the Itsekiris only submitted \u2018a political list\u2019 of 500 slots given to them by the former Administrator of the programme, Dr Kingsley KuKu, and that should not in any way be seen as disarmament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IYN condemned, in strong terms, the persistent attacks on Otuaro because of the issue of inclusion of delegates into the programme. They explained that Otuaro is not responsible for the inclusion of delegates, but the management of existing enrollees and should be commended for the efforts he has made to increase the scholarship slots given to the Itsekiri and other groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group dismissed the claim of nepotism and ethnic bias against the PAP Administrator, stating that such claims were mere mischief and should be discountenanced by all men of good conscience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ebikabo and Ebiaridor further noted that the threat by the so-called Warri Youth Council to coordinate Itsekiri-wide protest against Otuaro should be condemned by all peace lovers who mean well for the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IYN said that even the detractors of Otuaro, acknowledge his openness and transparent manner with which the issue of the scholarship has been managed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They added that even those attempting to misinform the public could not leave out the fact that Otuaro has given many scholarship slots to Itsekiri people, and urged the WYC to speak for itself and not Itsekiri, who are beneficiaries of Otuaro\u2019s effective management of the PAP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They IYN urged the PAP boss to continue with the mandate given to him by the President and not allow himself to be distracted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Uche Alvin The Ijaw Youths Network (IYN) has dismissed allegations by an Itsekiri group&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[1347,1346,1348],"class_list":["post-4632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-dennis-otuaro-by-itsekiri-youths-council","tag-just-in-foremost-ijaw-youth-organization-dismisses-allegations-made-against-amnesty-boss","tag-says-itsekiris-never-took-part-in-the-niger-delta-struggle"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_1732-2-1.jpg?fit=1080%2C719&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4633,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/just-in-foremost-ijaw-youth-organization-dismisses-allegations-made-against-amnesty-boss-dennis-otuaro-by-itsekiri-youths-council-says-itsekiris-never-took-part-in-niger-delta-struggle-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":4632,"position":0},"title":"JUST IN: Foremost Ijaw Youth Organization Dismisses Allegations Made Against Amnesty Boss, Dennis Otuaro By Itsekiri Youths Council, Says Itsekiris Never Took Part In Niger Delta Struggle","author":"Freeborn Abraye","date":"August 13, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"By Uche Alvin The Ijaw Youths Network (IYN) has dismissed allegations by an Itsekiri group accusing the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr. Dennis Otuaro, of unfair treatment towards Itsekiri ex-agitators. 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