Tension in Bayelsa over killing of youth by Aboki Keke driver …As LP Guber candidate condemns incident

Several Keke’s were on fire on Wednesday evening at the Kpansia area in Yenagoa Local Government area in Bayelsa State over an alleged killing of an Epie indigene to death because of N50.00 (Fifty Naira) leading to spontaneous reaction by some Epie youths.

The Aboki driver allegedly stabbed his passenger to death at saptex junction because of N50 change.

The Governorship Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Bayelsa State, Engr. Udengs Eradiri, has condemned the trending act of violence that led to the alleged stabbing to death of a youth in the state.

Eradiri described the incident as a careless wastage of a precious life in the state and called on security agencies especially the police to immediately intervene to avert possible breakdown of law and order.

Eradiri appealed to the youths especially the people of Epie-Atissa, whose son was killed in the incident, to remain calm and avoid the temptation of taking laws into their own hands.

The former President of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, urged the people not to capitalize on the incident to engage in ethnic profiling of their neighbours.

He said the Ijaw, Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo among others had lived peacefully together as brothers and sisters and that the irresponsible act of one person should not be used to judge others from his ethnic group.

But Eradiri insisted that the assailant must be fished out and made to face the wrath of the law to act as a deterrent for persons, who might fail to put their provocation in check.

He said: “The life of everybody in this state matters and no act of provocation should lead to taking of any life. The police must investigate the incident, arrest the culprit and ensure that he is publicly tried and made to face the wrath of the law.

“May we avoid the temptation of capitalising on the incident to engage in ethnic profiling of our neighbours. As Ijaw we have continued to live peacefully with Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba among others and we consider them as our brothers and sisters.

“We can only isolate criminal elements among us without using their acts to define their ethnic backgrounds. This is where we call on security agencies to diligently do their work to calm frayed nerves. We sympathise with the bereaved family and the entire people of the state”.

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