Ijaw youths under auspices of Egbema Voice, weekend,  said they will embrace dialogue in resolving the lingering leadership tussle in Warri North Local Government Area, Delta State, between the Ijaw and the Itsekiri.

Leader of the group, Chief Wilfred Elebiri on the recent Ijaw and Itsekiri crisis, which led to the abduction by armed Ijaw youths, last Thursday, of some Itekiri traders on board a tug boat on Koko/Benin River, said the youths in Ijaw axis had already written a letter to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, demanding to have a round-table discussion with their Itsekiri counterparts.

The meeting, they said, would help find a lasting solution to the issue of alleged marginalisation of the Ijaw people in Warri North council.

The youths, who said they had prevailed on their brothers in the creeks to sheathe their swords as the issue is being resolved by relevant authorities, said copies of the letter to the governor had also been forwarded to Mr. President and the Chairman of Federal Character Commission.

They said the Federal Government had pledged to wade into the matter with a view to resolving same at a meeting of the Ijaws and the Itsekiris.

Some of the youths, who supported the  dialogue, include, National President of Ogbiribiri community in the council, Mr. Ebipade Kari, Mr. Bodewei Ojobor,  Mr Chuks Worwei and Mr Steve Ayebor.