Soldiers rescue Jonathan’s aide from attack

There was tension at the weekend in Yenagoa, as armed soldiers fire shots in the air to stop Ijaw youths from attacking the Coordinator of the Amnesty Implementation Programme, Kingsley Kuku, over the proposed amendment of the Ijaw Youth Council constitution.
Unconfirmed reports said an Ijaw youth sustained a bullet injury during the incident.
Investigations revealed that Kuku, who is a Presidential Adviser on Niger Delta and former President of the IYC is plotting to make all the past presidents of the group as Board of Trustees in the amended constitution, but majority of the body are kicking against it.
According to findings, the board of trustees would have dominance on the new executive that would emerge in a couple of weeks.
The meeting by the expresidents of IYC and other stakeholders of the sociocultural group generated a heated debate that almost resulted to a free-for-all before the soldiers waded in.
A source in the IYC confided in our correspondent that the disagreement has led to the suspension of the planned amendment of the constitution that would support President Goodluck Jonathan’s election in 2015.