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Protest As Delta Community Accuses Police, Hunters Of Kidnapping

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Vehicular movement  and commercial activities were restricted for  hours as protesters from Ekiugbo community, barricade roads within Ughelli metropolis over alleged misconduct of Police and local security agents in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The protesters armed with placards displaying inscriptions such as, ‘Freeman is a Kidnapper he must go, ‘Police Brutality is getting too much, ‘Police in Ughelli are fighting the innocents instead of criminals, ‘Too much of police illegal activities in the land, ‘Ughelli Police should allow our people free movement’ amongst other, accuse a…

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3 Suspected Robbers Killed By Vigilantes In Ughelli North

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Three suspected armed robbers terrorizing residents of Ughelli North have been killed by a team of local vigilante members from Ekiugbo-Ughelli community in a gun duel in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta state. It was gathered that the suspected armed robbers were killed along the Ughelli axis of the East/ West road last Wednesday while escaping towards Warri. According to an anonymous source, On the eve of Ekiugbo community festival, they got an  information that the robbers were operating and robbing their victims along the Ekiugbo-Eruemukowharien old road.…

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Ekiugbo/Iwhreko Crisis: UPU APPEALS FOR CALM IN UGHELLI

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  The Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) Worldwide has called on the two communities of Ekiugbo and Iwhreko in Ughelli Kingdom to sheathe their swords for peace to reign and allow Constitutional and Traditional Authorities look into their grievances, with a view to bringing a permanent solution to the lingering crisis over the ownership and control of the Ughelli Main Market. In a statement by Hon. Abel Oshevire, National Publicity Secretary, he noted that: “Our President-General, Worldwide, Olorogun Dr. Moses Taiga, JP, is very worried and unhappy at the renewed hostilities…

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Three Killed As Iwhreko And Ekiugbo Communities Resume Hostilities Over Market Ownership

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  Ekiugbo and Otor-Iwhreko communities have resumed hostilities following the alleged killing of  three persons over the  unresolved market dispute in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State. It was gathered that the deceased, two men and a woman were shot and their corpses dropped at the entrance to one of the communities while the woman was shot at the front of her store, died at the hospital. According sources from one of the communities, we have no issues with them because the matter is before the Delta state…

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Angry Mob Sets Suspected Cultist Ablaze In Ughelli

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  By Politicsgovernance.com  Barely three days after a suspected cultist was set ablaze in Ekuigbo community, Ughelli North Local government area of Delta State, angry mob has yet again burnt another suspected notorious cultist to death in the same community. The suspect whose name could not be identified as at the time of the report but popularly known as Pastor was alleged to be the leader of the hit team of one of the rival cult group and has been responsible for several killings and armed robberies in Ughelli and…

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