Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) has called for the investigation of the planned invasion of some riverine communities in Edo State by some persons, believed to be from the neighbouring Delta State.
Making the call in Benin on Sunday at a press conference, Mr Omaghomi OluDerimon, Secretary, Western Zone of the Council, alleged that one Ezikiel Daniel who claimed to be a Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State and One Godstime Ogidigba to be responsible for the planned invasion.
OluDerimon noted that the alleged invasion was posted on the Facebook wall of Ezekiel, who personally mentioned Inikorogha and Gelegele as their prime targets.
He stated that the duo had openly boasted that they were untouchable as they had the backing of some powerful persons in the government of Delta and Edo States.
According to him, “We are hereby this notice calling on the Inspector General of Police, Commissioner of Police and other security agencies, the governments of Delta and Edo to passionately look into this matter. We demand a security investigation on it.
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“Ezekiel has personally boasted that he has mobilised thugs and youths across the Ijaw nation to carry out this plan invasion of Inikorogha and extend same to Gelegele and Olodioma.
“Ezekiel has been a Facebook bully, insulting the good people of Ijaw communities for no just reason. He also goes about insulting those with political ambition in the area.
He had claimed that I, OluDerimon and some other persons, had on Thursday laid ambush on him and his cohort.
“It is funny that that same day and about the same period, we were locked in an IYC meeting on issues bordering on Okomu among others.
“The Facebook video footage where he threatened to invade these communities showed him and his. cohorts shooting guns sporadically. These same people are feeding fats on illegal logging which they take to some neighbouring states,” the IYC scribe noted.
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