Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, a community leader in the Warri South-West local government, has urged a peaceful settlement of the Supreme Court’s mandated delineation of the Warri Federal Constituency.
His request comes after protesting Ijaw women in Gbaramatu Kingdom shut down 13 flow stations on June 8.
In a statement addressed to reporters in Warri, Ekpemupolo made the request.
“The Ijaw nation has from time immemorial been known for its peaceful ways and cannot deviate from its history,” he said.
“Mass action and the current political situation resulting from INEC’s failure to finish the delineation of wards in the Warri Federal Constituency must not be allowed to be taken over or turn into violence of any kind.
Regardless of the circumstances, I am advocating for composure. In order for us to come up with a plan of action, I am also requesting that community leaders convene right away.
“We must all work together to find a peaceful solution to this impasse,” he said.
“INEC must decide to act morally and bring peace back to Warri and its surroundings.
“We urge all Warri residents, whether Ijaw, Itsekiri, or Urhobo, to remain composed and wait patiently for INEC to act morally.”
On Monday, an oil company’s flow stations in the Gbaramatu enclave were shut down by indigenous Ijaw women who staged a protest.
They pledged to stay there until the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC, carried out the Supreme Court’s ruling regarding the Warri Federal Constituency’s ward and polling place boundaries.
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