Francis Tayor
A renowned Niger Delta born human and environmental rights advocate, High Chief Comrade. Sheriff Mulade (Ph.D), has called on Deltans, especially the ljaw, tsekiri and Urhobo in Warri Federal Constituency to always embrace peace, love one another and imbibed in the spirit of ethnic tolerance towards sustaining the existing peace in the oil rich state, stressing that is the only way both local and foreign investors as well as accelerated development can be achieved.
Comrade Mulade gave the charge on Tuesday December 16, in Warri, during ljaw, ltsekiri and Urhobo Walk for peace facilitated by the Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ) in collaboration with Warri Peace Community Support lnitiative joint implementation committees and Delta State Civil Society Forum.
The peace walk which took off at Estate roundabout to Okere road down to Agbara, garage, ogbe-ljoh market, Ajamimoghan through NPA down to Warri Area Command was massively participated by youths, men and women from the three major ethnic groups as well as non-indigenes residents in Warri and its environs.
Address the press at the Warri Area Command office, Mulade emphasized the need for peaceful coexistence among the various ethnic groups in the state, especially the ljaws, itsekiri and Urhobos in warri Federal Constituency.
He said with the massive turn out for the successful peace walk shows that there is peace already in warri, while calling on the government and multinational oil company's to fastrack development to the region.
Mulade further call for the revival of Burutu, Warri, Koko and Sapele seaports as well as Forcados and Excravos Terminals in the state, so as to create employment opportunity for the unemployed youths.
On their part, Comrade Victor Akemotubo of Ogbe-ljoh Warri kingdom, Kenneth Igarega of Urhobo, Mustafa Suleman of Hausa-Fulani, Abimbola of the Yoruba and Nje Emmanuel of the lgbos advocated for peaceful coexistence among the various ethnic groups in Warri Federal Constituency.
They lamented the high rate of unemployment in the state, stressing that without peace, no oil company or investors would be interested to come, hence they urged the youths to tow the part of peace so that development can come to warri.
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