Gunmen suspected to be assassins have shot and killed an Ijaw Youth Leader, Enebraye Zuokemefa Peter, who was also a lecturer at the Bayelsa College of Education.
In a reaction to the murder, Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), called on security agencies and the Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri to fish out the killers of the youth leader.
The IYC President, Peter Timothy Igbifa in a release issued in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, condemned the killing of Zuokemefa; describiing it as “barbaric, unacceptable and irresponsible”.
Igbifa stated that 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 that Zuokemefa who hails from Sagbama, “was a staunch member of the IYC, who once contested the presidency and secretarial position of the council, and who pursued all his ambitions peacefully without resort to violence.
“We are appealing to security agencies to immediately probe into the circumstances that led to the death of 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.”