THE Itsekiri National Youth Congress, INYC, has warned against politicising the killing of 12 Itsekiri and the burning of seven villages by some Ijaw militants of Egbema extraction.
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The youths also noted that the Federal Government had failed in its responsibility of securing the lives and property of Itsekiri natives, saying that violence was being encouraged by the refusal of government to bring the criminals to book.
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Chairman of the group, Mr. David Tonwe, who briefed newsmen to mark the 24 –day remembrance of the killing of 12 Itsekiri and the burning of some villages by Ijaw militia in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State on July 2, 2013, noted that the recent incident reinforces the theory of a pogrom that had been carefully executed in the past two decades by the Ijaws against the Itsekiri people.
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He said that the Itsekiri became vulnerable after submitting their arms in accordance with the amnesty programme of the Federal Government.
I don't know why people even think of 'Killings' when politics is concerned. It just does not make sense to me. Why will anyone kill to assume a position?