Pastor’s murder: Ijaw Youth Council calls for thorough investigation, prosecution of culprits

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Western Zone has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State to immediately order security agents to fish out killers of 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 in 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, the youth council lamented that despite the mysterious manner the Pastor was killed, no arrest has been made even after a week the incident happened.

Olu-Derimon who said the manner, way and location the Pastor was brutalized and his eventual death has already heightened tension in the Ogbe-Ijaw axis and its environs, warning 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 its hands until those who perpetrated this distasteful act are brought to book.

“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.

(Daily Independent)