Vanguard Itsekiri victims of Ijaw attacks need aid – Council boss on July 21, 2013 / in News 12:05 am By DANIEL GUMM THE transition Chairman of Warri North Local Government Council, Evangelist David Ewetan Edun, is seeking assistance in form of food, money and other relief materials from donor agencies, especially the National Emergency Management Authority, NEMA, State Emergency Relief Agency, SERA, as well as humanitarian organisations and well-meaning Nigerians over the recent crisis in the riverine communities of his LGA. He said the assistance was to meet the huge financial costs involved in rehabilitating the victims of the crisis during which some groups of armed Ijaw youths allegedly attacked and razed several Itsekiri towns and villages with about 12 persons killed, maimed and several houses razed while many people are still missing. Edun made the call in Koko when he played host to the member representing Warri North Constituency in Delta State House of Assembly, Mrs. Irene Imilair, who visited him on a fact-finding mission on the attacks. Narrating his ordeal after the crisis, the council boss disclosed that he had lost sleep since it broke out on July 2, stressing that he was eager to see the situation return to normal. He praised the intervention of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, whom he described as a father, mentor and lover of lives. He said the Ijaw councillors in the council, who fled in the wake of the incident for fear of reprisal, will soon return as their security is now guaranteed.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 09:01:37 +0000
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