The council said its attention had been drawn to the incessant invasion, harassment and arrest of Ijaw sons in Nigeria, particularly on April 8, 2024 at 3:30am in Osokun, Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State, where a an Ijaw leader, Chief Sobomabo Jackrich, popularly known as Egberipapa was arrested, while two of his men were killed.
A statement signed by the IYC spokesman, Binebia Princewill, warned that a point must be made known that the Ijaw people are not second-class citizens in this country.
