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Egbesu Boys Worldwide Declare Support for Egbema Youth Council Peaceful Protest,

READS PRESS STATEMENT, EGBESU BOYS WORLDWIDE BACKS EGBEMA YOUTH COUNCIL PEACEFUL PROTEST, Says, Ijaw Leaders Bear Witness to Egbema’s Sacrifices for Niger Delta Development,  Egbesu Boys Worldwide have thrown their full weight behind the Egbema Youth Council’s planned peaceful protest over the abandoned Udo–Ofunama Road Project, following the expiration of a 30-day ultimatum issued to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The project, awarded in 2012 during the administration of former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, was designed as a central network road linking Egbema, Olodiama, Okomu, and Gbarun Kingdoms in Edo and Delta States. Its abandonment has crippled business activities, deepened hardship, and left oil-rich Ijaw communities to suffer as though they were third-class citizens in their own region. This resolution was announced in a statement issued by Comrade Tamara Denyefa Idaji, Egbesu Central Priest (Egbesu Igologolo-lewei Worldwide), after wid...