The National Youth Council of Ogoni People and youth wing of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People have condemned what it termed the abduction of the paramount ruler of Yeghe community, Chief Barinaadaa T. D. Gbaranee, by the Nigerian Amy.
The President of NYCOP, Dr. Young Nkpah, made the condemnation in a statement in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Nkpah demanded the immediate and unconditional release of the paramount ruler.
The NYCOP statement reads: “It is disheartening to note that it is only in Ogoni that persons of high stake in the society can be treated as common criminals. The Army should save us from remembering that we are fifth class citizens.
“NYCOP therefore demand the immediate release of Chief T.D. Gbaranee and an apology granted him.”
In a related development, thousands of women, pupils and students of primary schools and Bua Yeghe Community Secondary School in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State are now on the streets calling on the military hierarchy to immediately release Gbaranee, who was said to have been whisked away by men of the Nigerian Army stationed in Bori.
Gbaranee was arrested by the Army on his way back from Bori to his town on Monday.
The Council of Ogoni Traditional Rulers has also repeated its condemnation of the abduction of the paramount ruler of Yeghe community, calling for his immediate release.
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