UNIPORT 4: Families, Ijaw demand justice as Lioyd is buried

IT was all wailing Friday when family and friends of one of the four students of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) killed by a mob in Umuokiri-Aluu community on October 5, this year, Lloyd Toku Mike, laid his remains to rest in Port Harcourt.
This was just as families of the UNIPORT Four, as well as the Ijaw National Congress (INC) re-emphasised call for sincere justice to heal the wound created by the brutality that ended the lives of the young men.
National President of the INC, Chief Joshua Benemesia, speaking during the funeral service in honour of Lloyd in Port Harcourt, said the congress, though would not go for vengeance, would monitor the progress of justice in the matter and would take further lawful actions if justice is not seen to be done.
Chief Benemesia, who was represented by the spokesman of the INC, Pastor Victor Borubo, noted that the killers of the young men attempted defaming them by calling them robbers, but that the attempt had failed.
“Today, the truth is out that Lloyd and his friends were not thieves as they were labelled. He (Lloyd) was better than them, so they killed him and defamed him to justify their actions.
“Today, his (Lloyd) body is laid to rest, it is painful, but we should all move on with life. We (INC) are not going to fight to avenge his death, but we are hoping that justice will be done. If justice is not done to heal the pains of his (Lloyd’s) and his friends, we (INC) will take appropriate steps in accordance with the law,” Benemesia said.