Delta Insecurity : Egrangbene Group Cries Out Over The State Of Insecurity In Burutu Creeks, Calls On Gov Okowa Immediate Intervention

Delta Insecurity : Egrangbene Group Cries Out Over The State Of Insecurity In Burutu Creeks, Calls On Gov Okowa Immediate Intervention

Francis Tayor

Warri____ A group under the aegis of Egrangbene Federated Youth Progressive Movement (EFYPM), in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State has decried over the poor state of Insecurity in Egrangbene Creeks, noting that sea pirates has regrouped and terrorising commuters in Burutu rivers, thereby possessing of their belongings in a daily basis.

The group raise the alarm at the weekend in Warri, after a crucial meeting with Mr. Gesikeme Skulboy aka Ogun, who happens to be a son of the soil and nominee of Delta State Waterways/Land Security Committee, stressed that the situation in Egrangbene, Abadeama and Ekogbene Creeks is becoming unbearable, and that the people can no longer go about their normal daily businesses due to the reinsurgence of Sea Pirates in Burutu.

Speaking on behalf of the group, the President, Comrade Buku Mienbokeden, said recently sea pirates attacked some indigenes of Egrangbene Federated Communities and Kalafiugbene who where on their way back from a church programme at Elohim City Zion Kalafiugbene, in a commercial speed boat heading to Warri on Monday 21st October, 2019 and charted away with their phones, money, the passengers speed boat and other valuables.

According to Buku stated, " On that fateful day, the Sea Pirates forced all the passengers out of the commercial speed boat with the inscription written, 'Peleowei 2' and go away with the 75Horse power engine boat, leaving the commuters to their fate by the riverbank. As am talking, those bad boys are still terrorising the Creeks with sophisticated arms shooting sporadically to scare away residents in the area. They are operating within Egrangbene, Abadeama and Atolokonkonye Creeks. Commercial Boats can no longer apply the roots of Ekogbene and Egrangbene Creeks down to Warri due to the menace of thesea pirates terrorising the area. Our women can no longer go to farm and fishing. Our lives are in a great danger. We therefore, called on the Governor of Delta State, His Excellency, Sen Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, the Chairman Delta State Waterways/Land Security Committee, Evang. Boro Opudu and other security agencies to as a matter of urgency come to the aid of Egrangbene people, Comrade Buku stated. "

In his reaction, Mr Gesikeme Skulboy assure the people of Egrangbene Federated Communities and her neighbouring villages that, the government is on top of the matter, stressing that normalcy will soon return back to the waterways, he stated.

In narrating his ordeal, one of the victim from Kalafiugbene Community, Mr Kenneth Timbor, said the sea pirates beat him up and took his phone and money. " They asked all the men in the boat to lie down on the riverbank and order the women to sit on our heads." I narrowly escape death on that fateful day, he lamented."

Also speaking, another victim from Ekogbene Community, Miss Ebimene Pigha, said " the sea pirates ordered the men among us to lie down at the riverbank and asked the women to sit upon their heads. The pirates also threatened to throw into the river a one year old baby boy who happens to be a grand son of Rev Dr. Felix Timbor, but it was God who enter their mind to later change their decision to save the baby, Ebimene stated."