Ijaw youths under the umbrella of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide Monday morning, shut down the Bayelsa office of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the Mbiama-axis of the East-West road for a mother-of-all protest against the refusal of the Federal Government to inaugurate a substantive board of the NDDC.
Scores of youths carrying the flags of IYC, were said to have stopped traffic along the ever-busy East-West road causing panic among motorists and commuters.
The organisation had given a 30-day ultimatum, which expired on May 25th, for the Federal Government and the Ministry of the Niger Delta Affairs to constitute the board or risk total shutdown of the Niger Delta.
The protest was going on despite the unknown whereabouts of the IYC President, Peter Timothy Igbifa, who was whisked to an unknown place by masked gunmen in Port Harcourt on Tuesday..
