By; GRACE JAMES, Kaduna
Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Western Zone has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, to order security agents to immediately fish out killers of one Pastor Sylvester Yerinbede, an indigene of Ogbe-Ijoh who was allegedly murdered on a disputed land.
Ogbe-Ijoh, in Warri South-West Local Government Area and Aladja in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State have been in dispute over a parcel of land of which many lives have been lost to the age-long dispute. Pastor Yerinbade was allegedly killed on the Aladja portion of the land.
A statement signed by Olu-Derimon Omaghomi, Secretary, IYC, Western Zone comprising of Ondo, Edo and Delta states, which was made available to newsmen in Benin on Sunday, lamented that despite the mysterious manner the Pastor was killed, no arrest has been made even after a week this incident happened.
Omaghomi, who said the manner, way and location the Pastor was brutalized and his eventual death has already heighten tension in the Ogbe-Ijaw axis and its environs, warned that “the Ijaw nation will not folds its hands until those who perpetrated this distasteful act are brought to the arena of justice.
“The Delta State Government and the Delta State Police command including other related security agents should know by now that the Ijaw Nation will not folds it’s hands until those who perpetrated this distasteful act are brought to the arena of justice.
“While we are carefully watching and observing how the necessary organs of government agencies and security apparatus are responding to the matter, we will constantly appraise and evaluate our modus of operandi in dealing with this issue before us,” Olu-Derimon said
