Ijaw Youths Call For Unconditional Release Of Kidnapped Bayelsa Ex-commissioner

Ijaw Youths Council, IYC has condemned the recent abduction of a former female Commissioner in Bayelsa state, Marie Ebikake, calling on the gunmen, who abducted her to immediately release her unconditionally.

The youths, who described the incident as abominable, unacceptable, barbaric and condemnable, vowed to assist security agencies to arrest and prosecute the hoodlums.

Ebikake, the first female local government chairperson of Brass and a staunch member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was kidnapped at her Igbogene residence, Yenagoa, the state capital, on Sunday.

Speaking on behalf of the youths, the Central Zone Chairman,  Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Mr. Tare Porri, asked misguided youths to apply caution and stop acts capable of embarrassing the Ijaw nation.

Speaking in Yenagoa, Porri, the IYC chairman, said it was abominable for anybody to be kidnapped in Ijaw land adding that the abduction of Ebikake was most despicable.

Describing Ebikake as a respected mother in the state, Porri asked her captors to spare no thought in releasing her without asking for ransom.

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“We want to condemn the act in its entirety and then call for caution. I do not see reason why the Ijaw will kidnap a fellow Ijaw. I don’t want to believe that the kidnap was orchestrated by Ijaw people.

“As a custodians of the Ijaw struggle, we don’t think is ideal for an Ijaw man to kidnap a fellow Ijaw man. It is an abomination. It is unacceptable, condemnable, barbaric. It is unfortunate that in this 2018, people are still talking about kidnapping other human beings. It is unfortunate we have found ourselves in this situation.

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