INC demands withdrawal of Urhobo quit notice to Ijaw

Ijaw National Congress, INC, the umbrella body of the Ijaw people nationwide, last night, demanded the withdrawal of the 14 –day quit notice issued Ijaw indigenes resident in Udu Kingdom, Udu Local Government Area, Delta State, in the interest of peaceful co-existence between the two ethnic nationalities.

In a statement signed by the national president, Chief Boma Obuoforibo, INC, also called on the the Government of Delta State to, as a matter of urgency, “step up their intervention to restore normalcy in Udu Local Government Area and douse the feverish tension in the area.”

INC spoke just as Urhobo youths under the auspices of Udu Youth Council, UYC, Udu, yesterday, rejected the call by the Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, Youth Wing, Udu chapter, on Ijaw indigenes living in the area to vacate latest today (Friday).

Vanguard, November 25

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