Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) yesterday called on the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Dan Ali to prevail on military officers, particularly those attached to Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS Delta) to immediately stop the 
directly opposite the Warri Naval Base.
The group recalled that for some time now and for no reason, military officers attached to the naval base, Warri and those patrolling the Warri river have been indiscriminately shooting into Naifor Island, Desemor Island, Oroupa Island and other Ijaw Communities directly opposite Warri especially late in the night.
These shootings, according to a statement signed by the IYC spokesman, Eric Omare, occurred last Friday and Saturday respectively adding” this has led to cases of injury to those running for safety and many residents moving out from these Ijaw communities to other places.
“The IYC cannot see any reason for this sudden unprovoked attack on Ijaw communities around Warri and its environs. The military authorities must immediately call on the officers concerned to stop this unwarranted attack on innocent Ijaw people and communities”, it added.
The group recalled that Ijaw people and communities around Warri have lived in those places for centuries without constituting any security threat.
The IYC therefore called for an investigation into what it termed “show of indiscipline and unprofessionalism” and officers responsible be punished to serve as deterrent to others.
