As part of a government effort to suppress political dissent to the on-going
military attacks on civilian targets in the oil bearing communities, several youth
leaders are being arrested by the military Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta.

Three past leaders of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Dr. Felix Tuodolor, Jonjon
Oyiefie and Famous Daunemiegha have been arrested in Bayelsa state on trumped-up
charges of attempted murder.

The men are currently being detained in Yenagoa and have been kept incommunicado
without access to their lawyers.