More
than five thousand youth loyal to the Rivers State governor, Chibuike
Amaechi, gathered at the Port Harcourt international airport spoiling
for a fight, but left disappointed.
It
will be recalled that on Tuesday, youth loyal to the minister of state
for education, Nyesom Wike, known as the Grassroots Development
Initiative, harassed four visiting governors from northern Nigeria who were in Port Harcourt on a solidarity visit to the governor.
Even
though Governor Amaechi’s loyalists, the Ikwerre Youth Movement (IYM)
were present at the airport, they were outnumbered at least two to one
and could not stop the larger mob from perpetuating their violent act on
the visitors.
On
Thursday, with South West Governors expected, more than five thousand
pro-Amaechi youth, under the aegis of the IYM, stormed the Port Harcourt
International Airport to “protect” their visitors.
One
of the youth told Nigerian Telegraph that they were caught unawares on
Tuesday and would not want to see their brother (Amaechi) embarrassed
again.
“A
few of us were here on Tuesday and we saw what happened and were too
powerless to act. That is why we have come in this large number to
protect our visitors from anyone that may want to do them harm,” he
said.
However,
possibly to avoid another confrontation, the governors did not land at
the international airport but at the more secure AirForce base.
The
youth from Ikwerre Youth Movement were led by Emma Chinda, the state
commissioner for Agriculture, as well as Welendu Amadi, the council
chairman for Ikwerre Local Government Area.
Other IYM leaders from Obio Akpor, Ikwerre and Etche Local Government Area were also present at the airport.
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