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CEPEJ Inaugurates Warri Peace Committee, Unveils Grassroots Programmes to Tackle Ethnic Tensions The Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ) on Thursday took a bold step towards restoring harmony in Warri with the inauguration of the Warri Indigene and Residents Peacebuilding Committee, alongside the rollout of strategic engagement programmes aimed at strengthening unity among the Ijaw, Itsekiri, and Urhobo ethnic nationalities. The initiative which brought together a broad coalition of stakeholders, including community leaders, government representatives, market unions, civil society groups, security agencies, and non-indigenous residents took place at its maiden peace-building meeting, thus signaling a united front to prevent future conflicts and rebuild trust across the oil-rich city. The National Coordinator of CEPEJ, Comrade Sheriff Mulade, while speaking at the event stressed that "lasting peace in Warri is achievable through deliberate efforts to de-escalate ten...