By Aniefiok Akam
The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) has called on Governor Douye Diri and security agencies in Bayelsa State to fish out the alleged killers of an Ijaw youth leader, Enebraye Zuokemefa Peter.
Zuokemefa was reportedly killed on Saturday by unknown gunmen in Yenagoa, the state capital.
The deceased, who hails from Sagbama, is also a lecturer at the Bayelsa College of Education.
According to a statement by the IYC President, Peter Timothy Igbifa, condemned the killing of Zuokemefa, describing it as barbaric, unacceptable and irresponsible.
Igbifa said the deceased was a firm believer in Ijaw cause, an apostle of peace and a scholar, who never deserved to die in such a violent manner.
He said the deceased was one of the staunch members of the IYC, who once contested the presidency and secretarial position of the council adding that he pursued all his ambitions peacefully without resort to violence.
He said the IYC under his leadership would not accept anything other than thorough investigations into the circumstances that led to his killing, unmasking the identities of the gunmen and prosecuting them.
Igbifa, who described the blood of every person as sacred urged youths to desist from violence and other forms of criminal activities.
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He said the IYC would work with security agencies to ensure the arrest of the murderers and prayed God to give the family of the deceased the fortitude to bear the loss.
He said: “The killing of one of the leaders in IYC, Enebraye Zuokemefa Peter, is to say the least shocking, irresponsible and unacceptable. We will not rest until those behind this dastardly act are arrested and brought to justice.
“We are appealing to security agencies to immediately probe into the circumstances that led to this scholar, who until his painful death was an advocate of peace. We are also calling on the Bayelsa State Government to intervene and ensure that his killers are brought to justice.
“We will not accept anything other than the arrest and prosecution of these murderers. As IYC, we are ready to work with security agencies to apprehend these hoodlums as we pray God to give the deceased family the fortitude to bear this loss.”
