By Samuel Oyadongha
Yenagoa—The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has condemned the crisis rocking the Odi community in Kolokuma-Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, arising from the management of the N15 billion compensation paid to the community as a result of the Odi massacre of 1999.
Some angry youths of the community had, penultimate weekend, attacked the Deputy Traditional Head of the Community, Chief Ebitimi Karuiru and other indigenes of the community, over their alleged involvement in the discrepancies over the sharing of the N15 billion compensation.
IYC in a statement, yesterday, in Yenagoa by its spokesman, Eric Omare, condemned the community leadership for betraying all those who paid the ultimate price and those alive fighting for justice for Odi community and the entire Ijaw nation.
Omare said that the N15 billion compensation was paid as a result of the military invasion the community suffered in 1999 hence, the IYC was of the view that the money should be channelled mainly into reconstruction of the community and the future educational development of indigent Odi indigenes.
“We condemn and oppose sharing of money to individual members of the community in all ramifications,” IYC said.
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