Ijaw Elders dissociate from INC leadership, pledge intervention in crisis
By Adesina Wahab The Ijaw Elders Forum (IEF) has distanced itself from the current leadership and global structure of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), alleging constitutional breaches and a breakdown of internal democratic processes within the organisation.
The statement read in part: “Until all constitutional issues affecting the status, governance and legitimacy of the INC are conclusively resolved and constitutional order is restored, the Ijaw Elders Forum shall fill the resulting vacuum in advancing the collective interests of the Ijaw people, as it did between 2015 and 2021.
Efiye Bribena, the forum expressed concern over what it described as the INC leadership’s failure to operate in accordance with the organisation’s constitution.
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