Views: Visits 55 By Ozioruva Aliu HUNDREDS of Itsekiri, including old and young, weekend, stormed the Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police Zone 5 in Benin City, Edo State, where they protested the 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. With several placards and inscriptions, the protesters 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, 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 a time to come back and report the settlement they have made.”
Olu of Warri: Itsekiri protest, sue for peace
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By Ozioruva Aliu
HUNDREDS of Itsekiri, including old and young, weekend, stormed the Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police Zone 5 in Benin City, Edo State, where they protested the 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.
With several placards and inscriptions, the protesters 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, 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 a time to come back and report the settlement they have made.”
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Published 8 May 2021
Hundreds of Itsekiri people on Friday stormed the Zone 5 Police Command in Benin, Edo State, protesting the continued police intervention in the crisis rocking the Olu of Warri stool.
The protesters requested the police to allow the chiefs to go back to Warri and resolve the issues amicably.
Bearing several placards, the protesters said the police intervention in the matter was a slight on the custom and tradition of the Itsekiri people.
One of the protesters’ leaders, David Iwere, said, “We are here as Itsekiri and we are tired of the media coverage the issue has generated. What is happening in Itsekiri has never happened before. We are here to appeal to the Assistant-Inspector General of Police to send all the chiefs home and give them time to come back and report the efforts that have been made to settle the matter.”
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Itsekiri people in their hundreds on Friday staged a peaceful protest to the office of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG, Zone 5, Benin City, asking the police to halt the investigation into the Olu of Warri kingship matter and allow the Itsekiri nation to resolve the matter amicably.
The protesters, drawn from different age grades in the Kingdom, noted that the continued involvement of the police in the purely traditional matter hampered the peaceful resolution of the crisis.
Carrying different placards with inscriptions, they denounced the interference of the police, saying such betrayed the aged tradition of the Itsekiri at resolving disputes among brothers.