The Niger Delta Congress (NDC) has faulted the threat of possible violence against peaceful demonstrators in Rivers State by the Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd).
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NDC national spokesperson, Mudiaga Ogboru, condemned the alleged threat in a statement yesterday.
Ogboru said the alleged violence would be a tool of repression against protesters who have condemned the declaration of state of emergency in Rivers State.
He noted that the Sole Administrator’s media aide, Hector Igbikiowubo, recently, granted an interview to a news media organisation, where he stated that the Solad has “sweeping powers” and the protests against him were a “test of his will.”
Ogboru said: “It has come to the notice of the Niger Delta Congress (NDC) of possible sinister plans by Vice Admiral Ibok- Ete Ibas to unleash violence against peaceful pro-democracy demonstrators in Rivers State under the guise of having ‘sweeping powers.’
“This violence would be a tool of repression to silence dissenting voices against the Federal Government-backed unconstitutional hijack of Rivers State.
“In a statement attributed to one Hector Igbikiowubo, a media aide to Mr Ibas, and reported in the Punch Newspaper of Thursday, April 24, 2025, under the headline ‘Rivers Protesters testing my will, Ibas warns,’ Igbikiowubo’s allusion to the ‘sweeping powers’ of Mr Ibas is a huge call for concern to all patriots and lovers of democracy.
“The NDC recalls similar ‘sweeping powers’ deployed just a few years ago to repress peaceful demonstrators during the EndSARS protest of October, 2020, against police brutality, which led to the killing of young Nigerians by security agents.”
The group declared that, while it is resolute in its condemnation of the state of emergency, Rivers people and Nigerians should take note of the language of the Solad to unleash violence on peaceful demonstrators in the state.
The NDC’s spokesperson recalled that in one of their protests with members of ‘Take it Back’ (TiB) group in the state, security operatives had adopted brutal approaches against them, thereby causing body harm and loss of valuables to demonstrators and journalists covering the protest.
“While we stand resolute in the face of tyranny in its various forms, we urge the people of Rivers State and Nigeria to take these threats seriously as it shows that the violent attacks against NDC and Take it Back members in recent times in the state were deliberate attempts on the lives of peaceful demonstrators and journalists, but most especially on the NDC leadership.
“These included the abduction, false imprisonment and subjection to duress of our President by the Nigeria Police Force on March 26, 2025, and the use of live ammunition, teargas and other forms of violence against peaceful demonstrations in Rivers State led by the NDC and TiB on April 7. As a result, several members of the NDC and TiB were in various levels of need for medical treatment including some that had to be hospitalised.”
The group, therefore, warned that any violence exacted against Rivers people demonstrating their inalienable fundamental human rights as protected by the Nigerian constitution and the African Charter, would be seen as a serious provocation by the Solad and would be resisted legally.
“This said, we urge Rivers people to continue to stand resolute against the injustices of the Nigerian State without fear as the NDC stands with them.
“We, on this note, call for even more peaceful demonstrations and protests against the unlawful undemocratic administration of Rivers State, which has only been made possible by a civilian coup,” Ogboru added.
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