Why Warri Curfew Was Lifted - Delta Govt

Daily Champion (Lagos)
NEWS
January 2, 2004
Posted to the web January 2, 2004

By MUYIWA ODU
Warri
DELTA State Government has explained further why it suspended the about 10-
month long dusk-to-dawn curfew on Warri.
It said the decision was based on apparent return to normalcy and the need to
bring back foreign and local investments which graph was falling.
Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan disclosed this
to Daily Champion in Warri.
In suspending the curfew last Tuesday, the state government had cited a new
atmosphere of peace and fresh rapprochement among residents as a factor in the
decision.
The curfew was clamped following incessant bloody ethnic clashes.
Several lives and property were lost during the crises.
Dr. Uduaghan said the present situation in the oil-rich city is calm with
people going about their normal businesses devoid of acrimony.
He spoke of the need to restore Warri to its former glory as a thriving centre
of international and local business.
The lingering crises, the SSG noted, had robbed the city of its status and had
also threatened to push it to a back water.
Dr. Uduaghan appealed to investors to take advantage of the prevailing peace
and security and return en masse to Warri.
He regretted the bloody crises that had engulfed the city and environs pointing
out that the situation affected the people, state and country.
Dr. Uduaghan commended Gov. James Ibori for his peace initiative aimed at
arresting the crises in the area.

   

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