Delta State-born peace and development advocate, Comrade Sheriff Mulade, has condemned in its entirety the heinous and brutal killing of soldiers who were reportedly on a peace mission to restore law and order in Okuama, a Delta community, over a dispute with its neighbour, Okoloba.
The renowned peace and environmental rights activist commiserated with the Nigerian Army over the needless killings and appealed to the feuding Okuama and Okoloba communities to sheath their swords while calling on the Military high command and Delta state government to institute an enquiry and bring to book perpetrators of the dastardly act.
Speaking further, he urged the warring groups to embrace peace for the sake of the development and growth of Okuama and Okoloba, who, as the same descendants as the original root.
He further advised and appealed to them not to fall into the hands of warmongers or instigators, whose primary occupation and means of survival relied on communal/ethnic crisis, thereby positioning themselves as negotiators or leaders.
The Ijaw leader strongly appealed to Okuama and Okoloba communities who are brothers and sisters, with a long history of inter-marriages, to sheath their swords and allow peace to reign.
“It is worthy of note that Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, the executive governor of Delta State, needs peace to attract investors to grow the economy of Delta State and create employment opportunities for our teeming youth,” said the environmental rights activist.