The immediate past council chairman of Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, Dr Michael Tidi, has condemned the senseless cult killings going on in the council area.
Tidi made this condemnation in a statement in Warri yesterday, while reacting to Wednesday’s killing of three persons in Egbokodo community in Warri South, said: “These killings must stop.”
He therefore, called on all community leadership and stakeholders to as a matter of urgency volunteer information to security agencies about the whereabouts of criminal elements in their communities with a view to apprehending them.
The statement reads: “This cult killing is getting too much. On Monday somebody was killed in Merogun. This evening one person was shot at Ekurede Itsekiri community.
“I was told he was the secretary of the youth leadership of that community. Again, about forty minutes ago, three persons were gunned down at Egbokodo axis in Ubeji, in Warri South.
“I want to call on the community leaders and all stakeholders to volunteer information to the security agencies about these criminals in their community.
“They should rid their communities of these bad eggs because the police and the army do not know them
“The communities should not be too quick to condemn government and law enforcement agents when things like this happen. They should set their priorities straight and help themselves by volunteering information to security agents.
“I also want all well meaning Waferians to come together and condemn these actions.
“Nobody should use the unavailability of jobs as a reason for committing these heinous crimes. Criminality should be condemned in its strongest terms.
“In fact, the government of today led by Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has put up so many skills acquisition programmes for our youths. The amnesty programme is still going on which the youths can take advantage of to go to school.