Uwheru Attack: Onoriode Berates Gov. Okowa Over His Refusal To Visit Uwheru Community

..Sets to sue Okowa over negligence   A Native of Urhobo Nation, Olorogun Onoriode Esobito-Ineh has described the inability of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State to visit the people of Uwheru kingdom over the recent herdsmen attack and killing over nine persons as negligence on the people he swore an oath to protect.   According to Esobito-Ineh, the protection of lives and properties is a major responsibility for the Chief Security Officer of any democratic institution. Delta state is no exception. “Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa as the Chief Security…

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Uwheru killings: UPU Demands Justice For Victims Killed, Lauds Okowa For Quick Response

…donates relief materials to affected communities, victims of attack  By Joel Grandball, THE Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, the umbrella body of the Urhobo social-cultural ethnic nationality has demanded justice for the victims that were killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen at Agadama, Avwor and other Uwheru communities in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State. The President general of UPU, Olorogun Moses Taiga in his condolence message at the Palace of the Odion R’Ode of Uwheru kingdom, HRM, Agbaovwe Afugbeyah Oyise II, said, “It is so heart-rending that these senseless…

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Uwheru Killings: Army Threatened To Destroy Our Community If We Fail To Exhumed Those Killed- Muoboghare

    By Prosper Erere    Delta State Commissioner for Higher Education, Prof. Patrick Muoboghare has alleged that Nigeria Army attached to the 222 battalion in Agbarha-Otor had threatened to destroyed Uwheru community if they fail to exhume and present the corpses of those killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Ughelli North Local government Ares of the state.   This is just as the autopsy and investigation for the eight corpses exhumed has been halt due to financial constraints.   Delta State commissioner of Police hafiz Inuwa had said that…

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Uwheru Killings: Egbo Condemns Gruesome Murder By Herdsmen

Following the yearly unabated killing of Agadama and Ohoror indigenes in Uwheru by suspected Fulani herdsmen, Olorogun Jaro Egbo has called on the Delta State governor and representatives of the area to urgently mapped out strategies to put an end to the yearly occurrences. Lamenting the tragedy that had befell the Uwheru people, Egbo, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC,  hinted that the representatives of people both at the state and national level are not doing enough to address the root cause of the of the problem in…

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Uwheru Killings: 6 More Corpses Buried In Shallow Graves Exhumed After Delta CP Denies Loss Of Lives

  By Omoghene Benedict, Six more corpses have been exhumed for further investigation following the denial by the Delta State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hafiz Inuwa that there were no lost of lives in the recent attack on Agadama, Avworon communities of Uwheru in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta state, by suspected Fulani herdsmen.   The corpses were on Monday exhumed under the supervision of the Nigeria Army and Police.   The exhumed corpses that were buried in twos are, Mr. Philip Emesharueke 27, Andrew Useh 22, Kotor…

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Uwheru Killings: Oboro Sympathize With Affected Families

  ….Condemns Incessant Attacks On Innocent Citizens By Francis Dugbe Senatorial Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta Central District in the last election, Rt. Hon. Evelyn Omovowan Oboro has sympathize with families of those who lost their love ones to Saturday herdsmen attack on Agadama, Ohorhor and other Uwherun communities in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta state. Oboro in a statement condemned the brazen murder and killing of innocent citizens of the communities in attacks by alleged herdsmen. Oboro, immediate past member of House of…

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Herdsmen Attack: Ahwinahwi Condemns Attack On Uwheru Communities

  Hon. Chief Solomon Ahwinahwi, former House of Representatives member, Ughelli North, Ughelli South, Udu Federal Constituency on Sunday condemned Saturday’s attack on Ohorhor, Agadama, Avwon and other communities in Uwherun kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta state, describing it as most unfortunate and barbaric. The outspoken ex-federal lawmaker in a statement, commiserated with the government and people of Uwherun kingdom “over this unfortunate ugly incident”. He called on security agencies to unmask the perpetrators of the heinous attacks, so as to end current “dangerous generalisation” of…

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