The fourth Ijaw National Convention (Yenagoa 2000) was almost marred by succession crisis. It held on the 31st of March 2000 at the Yenagoa Stadium and was declared open by His Excellency, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, then Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State. The convention lecture was given by Prof. E J. Alagoa on the theme: “The Ijaw Nation in the new millennium”.

The elections scheduled for the next day could not hold due to a Warri High Court exparte injunction which, though it had been vacated, had created a non-conducive atmosphere for intra-Ijaw elections. The elections which eventually held on the 19th of September at the Yenangoa Sports Hall, produced the 2nd democratically elected National Executive Congress thus: