LATEST ON URHOBO & IJAW DISPUTE: UDU YOUTHS SUE FOR PEACE URGE STATE GOVERNMENT TO RESOLVE ALADJA, AYAMA, EPAME AND OGBE-IJOH AND ISABA CRISIS

The Udu Youth Council, an umbrella body of all Udu Youths both at home and Diaspora.

In a meeting today 24th November, 2016 where the dispute between the Aladja, Ayama, Epame and Isaba and Ogbe-Ijoh communities were reviewed and a position was taken as follows:

1) The Udu Youth Council condemn in its entirety the recent onslaught on Ayama and Epame Communities by the Isaba and Ogbe-Ijoh Communities of Ijaw.
2) That Udu Youths (Urhobo) are not at war with their Ijaw neighbors or anybody.
3) Udu youths sue for peace and call on all especially our Ijaw neighbours residing in Udu to go about their normal businesses while also calling on Government and all relevant authorities to do the needful by providing adequate security in the affected areas.
4) Government should ensure that the Ayama and Epame people are relocated back to their various communities.

5) Government should rebuild the communities and resettle the Ayama and Epame people as they are now Internally Displaced People (IDP).
6) We call on IYC and all Ijaws to caution Mr. Frank Omare and Boro Opudu in other not to plunge the Urhobos and Ijaws into unwanted crisis which effect would be very devastating.
7) We also call on Government, NEMA and other bodies to provide relief materials for the Ayama and Epame people as Internally Displace People (IDP).
8) We call on all Isaba and Ogbe-Ijoh people who have forcefully occupied Epame and Ayama communities of Udu L.G.A to immediately evacuate to enable the Epame and Ayama people to go back to their homes.

9) That Udu people (Urhobo) have a long standing relationship with their Ogbe-Ijoh and Isaba (Ijaw) neighbors and have been living in harmony and would continue to live peacefully.

10) We call on all Udu Youths to remain calm and peaceful.
11) As for hoodlums who may take advantage of the situation in Udu to cause mayhem and criminalities, please you are WARNED to desist as UYC will make the area unsafe for you.
12) We urge the drum-beaters of war because of their selfish interests to have a rethink and channel their energies to productive ideologies as crisis will not yield any positive outcome. The case of the tribal war between the Hutsy and Tutsy of Rwanda is still very fresh in our memory.

Signed:

Comr. Freeborn Ovwemejepha    UYC President    

Comr. Tegolor Yembra  Otito.          UYC P R O

 Comr. Vincent O. Omoko          UYC Spokesman

Comr. Malik Otete.                           UYC Coordinator