THE Ijaw National Congress (INC) has declared that the law must take its course in the killing of officers and men of the Nigerian Army at Okuama in Ughelli South Local Council of Delta State.
The soldiers of the 181 Amphibious Battalion of the Nigerian Army were said to have been ambushed on peace mission to the community on Thursday, March 14.
INC, in a statement issued on Sunday, March 14, in Abuja, by its president, Prof. Benjamin Okaba, said in a constitutional democracy, like Nigeria, the killing of the military men was condemnable, noting: “The INC has made series of statements condemning the senseless, brutal and cold-blooded killing of military officers and personnel performing their legitimate duties in Delta State.
“It is the unalloyed position of the INC that those found culpable should be apprehended, properly investigated and subjected to the dictates of the law.
“The INC is unequivocal in its demand that the law should be allowed to take its course.”
The umbrella body of the Ijaw worldwide cautioned lumping innocent Okuoma community people with culpable community members, saying it was only the culpable that should be made to face the full wrath of the law.
The INC president also debunked a story alleging that Ijaw youths were planning attacks on security and oil installations, stressing: “The INC appeals that this information be dismissed as wicked and malicious falsehood intended to cause trouble and unwarranted crises in ljaw land and by extension, in the Nigeria Delta.
“The Ijaw ethnic nationality is not at war with the Federal Government or with any other ethnic nationality.”
