Tag: Okuama Community

How Okuama Exposes Institutional Failures In The Niger Delta

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By Zik Gbemre   Some reactions trailing the reported death of two leaders of Okuama community in military detention and the fear for the lives of four others still being held, unlawfully, expose the worsening institutional failures and inter ethnic disharmony in the Niger Delta.   The utterances we have read or heard from the Delta State Government and the Pan Niger Delta Elders Forum (PANDEF) in last couple of days have been, to say the least, appalling, very shameful and inciting.   Where key stakeholders who should stand in…

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TWO DEATHS IN MILITARY CUSTODY IN ONE WEEK: THERE’S CLEAR EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLING OF OKUAMA LEADERS WITHOUT TRIAL BY FG & HER ARMY

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By Zik Gbemre     With the death of yet another Okuama Community leader, 81 years old Pa Dennis Okugbaye, in military detention without trial, it is now obvious there is a grand conspiracy by federal government for extrajudicial killing of Okuama Community leaders. The death of Pa Okugbaye, Treasurer of Okuama, comes just six days after President General of Okuama community in Ughelli South LGA, Pa James Oghoroko, a septuagenarian died in same circumstance. A Professor of Physics and President General of Ewu Kingdom, Arthur Ekpokpo and three others…

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How Okuama Community Treasurer, Okugbaye Died In Military Custody In Port Harcourt Days After PG’s Death

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  DAYS after the death of Okuama community President General, Pa James Achovwuko Oghoroko, in Nigerian military detention, 81 years old Dennis Okugbaye, Community Treasurer has allegedly died in detention on Tuesday afternoon despite medical advise for him to be released due to illness. Until his death Okugbaye, was among the six arrested Okuama leaders  and that has led to severe tension in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. The Okuama leaders were arrested since August 2024 and have been kept by the military without trial. The Late…

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Okuama PG’s Death In Military Detention: Urhobo Is Rudderless

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  Precisely on 12th November 2024, I had advised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to impress on the military to unconditionally release Professor of Physics and President General of Ewu, Arthur Ekpokpo and other Okuama leaders of the Ughelli South LGA. My plea fell to the deaf ears of Tinubu who should understand he is leading a civilian government and not a military regime where human rights are trampled upon with impunity. Today, the President General of Okuama, James Achovwuko Oghoroko, who was arrested along with Prof Ekpokpo has died from…

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Oghoroko, Okuama Community PG Dies In Military Detention As Okugbaye Is Seriously ILL

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Months after six leaders of Okuama community were arrested at different locations in Delta State, president general of Okuama Community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, Pa James Achovwuko Oghoroko, has allegedly died in military detention from torture and alleged inhumane treatment in an undisclosed location. Late Oghoroko, retiree and Lay Judge was the president general of Okuama community  that was arrested alongside, Prof Arthur Ekpekpo, Chief Belvis Adogbo, Dennis Okugbaye, Pa Anthony Ahwemuria, Mrs Rita Akata and Denis Malaka between August 18 and 20, 2024 and…

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OKUAMA: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH OF PRESIDENT TINUBU & HIS ARMY OF OCCUPATION

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By Zik Gbemre     The continuous killing of Okuama people and raiding is a cause for alarm. President Bola Tinubu as Commander-In-Chief and his military have turned Okuama community in Ughelli South into a war zone.   Why is the Nigerian military using its strength to kill and destroy a remote community of Okuama? Why can’t the military use their strength to fight insurgency, banditry and Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria?   Why are the Nigerian military trigger happy to fight armless civilians in Okuama community? The show of…

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Okuama Indigenes In IDP Camp, Vows Not To Return Home Over Arrest Of Leaders

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DISPLACED Indigenes of Okuama community currently harboring at the Ewu-Okuama IDP Camp, at Ewu-Urhobo have appealed to the state and federal governments to prevail on the Nigerian army and Department of State Services to unconditionally released their leader that have being arrested. They held that the recent arrest of their community leaders has caused them a huge trauma as they have vowed not tho return to their ancestral home if they are not released unconditionally. It would be recalled that six leaders of Okuama community, Prof Arthur Ekpekpo, Chief Belvis…

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Suspected Nigerian Army Invade Okuama, Kill Three, Loot Items

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  Few weeks after the arresting six Okuama community leaders at different locations in Delta State suspected armed men in military camouflage again stormed the community with four Gunboats, 11 Speedboats, shooting indiscriminately, killing three youths and looted provision stores.   The armed men went away with a big granite boat, a sand dredger and power generating sets, Pos used by those who are gradually return from their hideout after the March 14 incidents that occured around the community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. An Okuama…

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ARREST: Okuama Indigenes Drag Army, DSS  With N200m Law Suits

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  The Nigerian army and it sister agency, Department of State Services, have been dragged before the Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State by two of the arrested six leaders of Okuama community of  Ughelli South Area of Delta State. The military and DSS  officials last month between August 18 and 20, arrested six leaders of Okuama community, Prof Arthur Ekpekpo, Chief Belvis Adogbo, James Oghoroko, Denis Okugbaye, Okugbaye, Pa Anthony Ahwemuria and Mrs Rita Akata and they are demand N200m in their two Fundamental Human Rights suits…

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Okuama Indigenes Call For The Unconditional Release Of Arrested Leaders

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THE people of Okuama community in Ewu kingdom of Ughelli South Local government Area, have appealed and called for the unconditional release of their leaders arrested by suspected military men at different locations across Delta State. These appeal was made by family members and some community leaders after the arrest of six persons including a woman. The arrest of Prof Arthur Ekpekpo, Chief Belvis Adogbo, Mr James Oghoroko, Dennis Okugbaye, Pa Anthony Ahwemuria and Mrs Rita Akata has continued to generate tension among the indigenes of Ewu kingdom. Narrating how…

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