Joint Action Group, IJAG, a coalition of organizations
of Itsekiri ethnic nationality in Warri, Delta State, yesterday, laid siege to
the office of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission,
DESOPADEC, shutting down its activities.
The group, which alleged marginalization of the
ethnic group by the commission, stormed its office yesterday following the
expiration of the seven-day ultimatum it issued the commission on October 25.
DESOPADEC workers scampered from their offices for
safety when the protesters invaded the commission.
State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Usman Alkali,
ordered his men to dislodge the protesters from the premises of the commission
as soon as he got wind of the invasion.
As at 3.00 pm, the police had arrested no fewer than
11 of the protesters and impounded a coffin, which they brought to the
commission’s office.
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