WARRI—THE National Association of Itsekiri Graduates, NAIG, has cautioned the people of Sokobolu and Yokiri communities in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State over their threats to stop President Goodluck Jonathan from the ground-breaking ceremony of the Export Processing Zone, EPZ, in Ogidigben, warning that such threats were capable of derailing the $16 billion project and aborting the existing peace between Itsekiri and their Ijaw neighbours.

NAIG, in a statement by its president, Lucky Futughe,  decried the “inciting words used in the report and the misleading information which wrongly accused the Itsekiri people of depriving Sokobolu and Yokiri communities of partaking in the EPZ.”

According to the Itsekiri graduates association, the threat of another possible round of crisis between the Itsekiri and Ijaw in Delta State as declared by the Youth President of Sokobolu and Yokiri communities over Jonathan’s  well conceived EPZ project in Ogidigben “is most unfortunate and reminds us of the dark ages of inter-tribal wars which can cause further insecurity distraction to President Jonathan in his determination to tackle the yearnings of people of Niger Delta coastal
communities.”