- By Femi Alabi
The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Western Zone has condemned the killing of military personnel on a peace and rescue mission in Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State.
IYC in a statement by Doubra Okotete, Omoghomi Olu-Derimon and Luguard Izoukumor, chairman, secretary and information officer, respectively, described the killing as barbaric and wicked.
The statement reads, “While we do not want to support the decision of the military to burn down the entire Okuama community and leave the already impoverished inhabitants to suffer, we wish to call on the Delta State government to swing into action and protect the lives of the innocent people in the area.
“It is also pertinent to clarify that the Okuama community where this sad event occurred is an Urhobo-speaking community in Ughelli South LGA, and not an Ijaw community.
“We are, therefore, using this medium to call on Governor Oborevwori and the Nigerian security agencies to investigate and bring to book the perpetrators of the heinous act.”.