Warri: Warri South Local Government Council in Delta State has announced the appointment of a five-man interim youth executive committee to pilot youth affairs in Okere Community, Warri, for the next three months. It is a move many consider as shattering the interests of the two factions, tussling for power which led to disturbances in the community last week.
Chairman of Warri South Local Government Council, Michael Tidi, made the announcement, during an emergency security meeting, held in his office in Warri. He averred that the decision was taken after due consultations with the state government, the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, and the Olare-Aja of Okere, Ogieboro Esisi.
The interim committee, the mandate of which takes immediate effect, has a former youth chairman of the Okere community and serving councilor in Warri South Local Government Council, Solomon Temile, as chairman, while Martins Edema, will serve as vice chairman.
Other members of the committee included Temisan Oki, secretary; Philip David, treasurer and Alero Akuruli, women leader.
Tidi promised to protect lives and property of people in Warri South Local Government Area, adding that “we already had a working model for resolving intra community and inter community conflicts.”
“The council is suspending the youth election, until after the general elections. The interim committee will put modalities in place for a proper election of new exco after the forthcoming February and March general elections in the country.
The nomination of members of the committee came from each of the quarters in Okere community. Persons in Okere, who closed their shops, should immediately reopen the shops and go about their legitimate businesses,” he added.
“Previous factional committee inaugurated stands dissolved,” he added.
The emergency security meeting was attended by the secretary to Warri South Local Government, Joseph Oribioye; Major ST Kauru of 3 Battalion Effurun; Enamudu Emmanuel of the DSS; SP Inyere Elias from the Police ‘A’ Division, Warri; representative of the Police Area Command in Warri, SP Ukoba and Warri South Council Supervisor for Youths, Information, Sports and Community Development, Eboh Okpako Elvis.
