Okuama Killing: On The Declaration Of The Ovie Of Ewu By The Nigerian Army

By Assin Godstime   One lesson to learn from the Okuama saga is the need to have pragmatic leaders in power. When you give power to a weak person to lead, perhaps because of sentiment, it hurts in the future. The Delta State Governor, in my binoculars, failed in the matter in hand. It’s surprising that a sitting Governor and Chief Security Officer of a State could not access Okuama that is under his watch, to access the true situation of things. The UPU is another big failure, and this…

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Okuama Killing: Delta Monarch Handed Over To Soldiers Flown To Abuja

    THE traditional of Ewu-Urhobo kingdom in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, HRM Clement Ikolo Oghenerukevwe who surrendered himself to police on Thursday and later handed over to Army on Friday has been flown to Abuja by military authorities over the killing of 17 Soldiers in the Okuama Community. The monarch was declared wanted along side the president general of Ewu, Prof Ekpekpo Arthur and six others over the alleged killing of 17 soldiers by the Defence Headquarters of the Nigerian Army. He was escorted to…

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17 Slain Soldiers: It’s Illegal T Declare Suspects Wanted-Falana Warns Army

Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, has revealed that declaring 8 persons wanted by the Defence Headquarters in connection with the killing of 17 soldiers in Delta state is completely illegal. “The decision of the defence headquarters to declare the murder suspects wanted is completely illegal. Let the federal government direct the defence headquarters to hand over the investigation of the suspects involved in the gruesome murder of the 17 officers and soldiers. It ought to be pointed out that murder is not a military offence to warrant…

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