PAP: Petition Relevant Senate Committee Over Exclusion Of Itsekiri Nation, IYE Tasks Ugbarajo Itsekiri Youths

The Itsekiri Youth Elites, IYE, has called on the leadership of Ugbarajo Itsekiri Youths, UIY, to petition the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, over what they described as Dr. Dennis Otuaro's deliberate exclusion of Itsekiri Nation in the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP.                                  

The call was contained in a statement released Tuesday November 4, by the leadership of Itsekiri Youth Elites, IYE.                                

In the statement, which was signed by the Secretary and Public Relations Officer, Comrade Eboma Tuoyo Michael and Comrade Toritseju Joseph Ogharandukun, respectively, IYE, stressed that UIY, must take immediate and decisive action to address the " grave injustice against the Itsekiri Nation."                                     

They accused  Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr. Dennis Otuaro, of “systematic bias and oppression,” alleging that Itsekiri ex-agitators have been unjustly excluded from the scheme.

Beyond formal petitioning, the Itsekiri Youth Elites, urged the UIY leadership to mobilise a peaceful, but determined mass protest, targeting  the Presidential Amnesty Office and the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), under whose supervision the Programme operates.

IYE warned that if  Dr. Shola Mese, who they  identified as the Sole Itsekiri Representative in the Amnesty Programme and official liaison to the Olu of Warri, is not duly  recognised by Dr. Otuaro and allocated the appropriate slots, tension could escalate within the region.

According to the group,  the time for diplomatic appeals had passed, hence  UIY should rise boldly, defend Itsekiri interests and demand accountability as well as fairness from the Amnesty Programme.

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