Schools, Markets Shutdown As Delta Community Protest Against PG Return

Schools, markets and other commercial activities in Uwheru community were shutdown as the people staged a peaceful protest to reject the reinstatement of the their suspended former president general by the Ughelli North Local Government Council Chairman without due consultation.   The protesters armed with placards with inscriptions and a white coffin stained with red liquid, rejected their suspended president general, Chief MacPherson Igbedi reinstatement during a security meeting held at the council Secretariat last Monday.   It was learned that, the president general of Uwheru kingdom, Chief MacPherson Igbedi…

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Ughelli North Council Chairman Suspends Uwheru PG Over Brewing Tension

The President General of  Uwheru kingdom, Chief MacPherson Igbedi has been suspended indefinitely by the Ughelli North Local Government Council Olorogun Jaro Egbo over his alleged inability to curtail an uprising tension and allegations from youths in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The suspension memo with ref: UNLG/CHAIR/SEC/0725/09 signed by the Council Chairman, Chief MacPherson Igbedi was accused of his inability to demonstrate transparency over the ongoing bridge construction in the community. According to the memo “Following the recent security challenges and heightened tension within Uwheru Kingdom,…

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