The killing of three operatives of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta exercise code-named Operation Delta Safe (ODS) in the early hours of Sunday in the waterways of Letugbene, Ekeremor Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, has been condemned by the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC).
President of IYC, Barrister Oweilaemi Pereotubo, described the incident as a disgrace and betrayal of the Ijaw nation and the Niger Delta in general, which must be condemned by all lovers of peace and the development of the region.
In a statement by Spokesman of IYC, Daniel Dasimaka, the President noted that “the Executives and Members of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide wish to unequivocally condemn this barbaric, vile, bestial and savage killing of three innocent and gallant soldiers by suspected buccaneers on the Tunu flow station owned by the Shell Petroleum Development Company along the Letugbene waterways in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
We Ijaws are totally against Sea piracy and all forms of criminality by these villainous foes of the peace and progress of the Ijaw ethnic nationality, These bloodthirsty cowards who obviously run into hiding after carrying out their wickedness leaving innocent nearby communities to suffer the brunt for their actions are the enemies of our land that all Ijaws and lovers of the Ijaw nation must unite to utterly annihilate.
It pledged total support to the efforts by the JTF and Military Headquarters aimed at fishing out the killers, and further urged the military to carry out its search operations with utmost professionalism in order not to incur needless collateral damage in the form of the molestation, harassment and attacks of innocent law abiding citizens of the community and area.
We urge the military to resist the temptation to invade Bilabiri and Letugbene communities and other Ijaw communities, as it has been rumoured, in their bid to find the killers, The statement said.
Already we have been inundated with distress calls from indigenes of Bilabiri and Letugbene communities informing the Council that soldiers visited their communities on the 19th June, 2018 and warned that they should provide some purported suspects who are alleged to have hail from the two communities within 3days or they will burn down the two communities. We gather residents have started deserting the two communities to near by bushes out of fear. This should not be.
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