ITSEKIRI people of WarriKingdom, Delta State, have called for the creation of a Warri state with headquarters in Warri township and objected to the demand for creation of Toru-Ebe State by the Ijaw.
The ethnic group presented the position in Ikot Ekpene where the Senate Committee on Review of the 1999 Constitution held the South -South Zonal Public Hearing on the bills to further amend the Constitution.
Chief Edward Ekpoko, Tolureju of Warri Kingdom and Chairman Itsekiri Leaders of Thought ILoT who led the Itsekiri delegation for presentation of the memorandum to the Senate Committee however noted that Itsekiris were first more desirous of an insertion in the constitution, a clause to protect minority rights than the growing agitation.
The oil rich ethnic group were joined by the Ilajes of Ondo state and the Binis of Edo in the objection to the Ijaws demand for a Toru-Ebe state on perceived conviction that the Ijaws were tenants to them in the territories they were putting up to form the intended Toru-Ebe state.