Théophane Patinvoh
29 July 2005
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You know, if you accept that kind of democracy, what is your relationship with the state of assembly and other local elected officials?
They are not elected by anybody. They are criminals. They stole the mandate of the people. They were never elected. They are usurpers and impostors who have seized the mandate of the people and are illegally occupying power/governance and forcing themselves on the people.
Would you like them to be replaced by a grassroots organization?
I don't know. What I am interested in is let us sit as a sovereign national conference instead of fighting and shedding blood. Let each of the nationalities live peacefully because Nigeria is a dubious legacy left by British imperialists.
If you were granted just one wish, what would it be?
Let my people go!
Go where?
To their own nation. To the restoration of their sovereignty as a sovereign Ijaw state.
Do you believe that an Ijaw nation can be sustainable?
100 percent I have no doubt about it.
Do you think the international community would recognize any Ijaw nation leaving Nigeria?
When the time comes. You don't try to anticipate what will happen. You will say when the time comes. When the time comes surely, inshaAllah it will come to pass and it will stand.
What is the relationship of the Ijaw nation with the international community now?
Ijaw people are relating very well all over the world with the government of the country in which they reside. Whether it is the United States of America, whether it is Great Britain, whether it is Italy: wherever Ijaw people reside, they have Ijaw organizations that relate very well with the government of the country in which they reside.
We are aware that you are about to create a political party. When will you register your political party?
Our political party exists. It does not need any registration from anybody. It is a party of the people. It is known as Niger-Delta People Salvation Front. It is recruiting people and it is creating offices. It has no relationship with the Nigerian political system.
Will you run for any coming election?
In Ijaw nation. In a sovereign Ijaw nation, yes! But in an occupied Ijaw territory, no!
When is the Ijaw nation starting?
I don't know. That is only known to God. Inshallah I have told you, it will come to pass and it will stand.
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