Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City
Hundreds of Itsekiri indigenes yesterday afternoon, stormed the Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police Zone 5 in Benin City where they protested continued police involvement in the crisis rocking the Olu of Warri stool and requested that the police should allow all the chiefs go back to Warri and resolve the issues amicably.
The Itsekiri protesters bearing several placards and inscriptions, said the continued insistence that police should resolve the issue was a let-down on the custom and tradition of Itsekiri.
One of the leaders of the protesters, David Iwere said: “We are here as Itsekiri people. We are tired of our matter being in the media all the time, what is happening in Itsekiri has never happened before. We are here to appeal to the AIG to send all the chiefs home and give them time to come back and report the settlement they have made.”