One Dead As Police Arrests Community Leader For Cultism, Recover Barreta Pistol

A team of the Delta State Police special squad detailed to Ughelli North by the Commissioner Abaniwonda Olufemi, have arrested former secretary of Oteri community youth for engaging in alleged cult related clash in an undisclosed hotel within Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. It was learned that the suspect was arrested by the police and a Barreta pistol was recovered from his apartment in the community upon searching. According to SP Edafe Bright the State Police Public Relations Officer, “Acting on credible intelligence on the peddling of…

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Delta Community Suspends Youth Activities After Mayhem, Set To Pay N1.2 Million As Compensation

  Elders and Stakeholders of Oteri-Ughelli community have banned all activities of the youths following the burning a house and shutting down of public schools in the community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta state. It was learned that the community in an enlarged meeting held at the Town Hall last Tuesday, the elders, leaders and stakeholders after a long deliberations, suspended all youth activities and the central executive. It would be recalled that a two bedroom apartment belonging to Agani, an electoral committee member for youth election…

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Ughelli Community Boils, Shut Down Public Schools, Burn Houses Over Youth Election In Delta

  Tension is currently high as students and Pupils of Oteri secondary and Ative primary schools were not allowed entrance to their class over the burning down of a building housing an electoral committee member for the Oteri-Ughelli community youth election in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State. It was learned that the tenure of the youth executive in the community has elapse and an electoral committee was set up to conduct election for new members. According to sources in the community, “Eight persons escaped from being burned…

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Man Drowns Celebrating Birthday At Ughelli Beach

  By Erirhe Loveth, IT Student   A man in his early 20s simply identified as Ogheneruemu whose surname could not be confirmed has drowned at Oteri-Ughelli community beach while celebrating his birthday in North local government area of Delta State. The deceased, who is said to be an indigene of the community had went with his friends to swim at a dredged site as part of activities for the celebration before his untimely death. Source disclosed that the deceased had entertained his friends at their family home before some…

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Ughelli Women Go Nude To Protest Continued Stealing Of BEDC Armoured Cables

From Erirhe Loveth, IT Student   Women from Onoharigho Street in Otovwodo Community in Ughelli, headquarters of Ughelli North Local Government Area from have gone nude to protest the incessant vandalization of transformers in the area by unknown vandals.   The women who came out in their numbers, chanted different songs of lamentation, raining curses on suspected cable vandals.   According to one of the protesters, who identified herself as Mrs. Comfort Ojevwe, “Residents of Onoharigho Street had suffered untold hardship over the incessant vandalization of the transformer in the…

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Three Suspected Criminals Arrested In Oteri-Ughelli

By Politicsgovernance.com   Three persons suspected to be criminals were on Sunday arrested in Oteri-Ughelli community, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State by youths in the area. This is just the leadership of the community has sanctioned a yet to be identified man for threatening to murder his wife with a machete. It was gathered that the suspects were arrested at Emareyo village in the community and were paraded before elders and leaders. According to a community source, one of the suspects is from the community while the…

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Just In: Odibo Swear In Exco Members In Oteri-Ughelli Amidst Controversy

By Politicsgovernance.com   The President of Oteri-Ughelli community in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State, Hon Efe Odibo have sworn a nine man member to constitute his executives amidst controversy. Those sworn in are,  Odafe Prince Oghenevwogaga as vice president, Mr. Aruoture Freeborn as Secretary, Ovwodome Erirhe as PRO, Miss Tate Ovuoke as Emete (Girls) Happy Rep., Mr Onoabedje James as Assistant Secretary, Hon Onobaka Patrick ex-official I, Ogagona Godspower ex-official II, and Mr. Edwin Okotie as Legal Adviser. The electoral committee chairman of Oteri-Ughelli community, Hon Emmanuel…

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Oteri-Ughelli Election Goes Diabolical As Candidate Summon Electoral Committee Chairman Before Shrine To The Declare Winner

By Politicsgovernance.com Election into various positions in delta state has gone beyond the concept of contest and win in some communities as some candidates could go extra miles to be declared winner in their quest to become community leaders. In Oteri-Ughelli community, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta state, the election in the position of the community vice president held on September 6, 2020, was allegedly marred with irregularities despite the presence of combined security agents. Some of the actions led to the declaration of the election to be…

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Odibo Defeats Onomuvwe As Oteri-Ughelli Swears-In New PG

  By politicsgovernance.com The people of Oteri-Ughelli community in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State have elected Hon. Erakporfoke Odibo as the new President of the community in a keenly contested election amidst tight security. Hon. Erakpofoke pulled 741 votes to defeat his closest contestant, Mr. Godwin Onomuvwe who got 635 votes in an election described as the most peaceful, transparent and fairest in the history of the community. The election which held on Saturday, 8th of August at the Oteri-Ughelli Town Hall, Ughelli, Ughelli North local government…

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Local Divers Recover Corpse Of Drowned Uniben Student After Two Days In Ughelli River

By Omoghene Benedict, The remains of the drowned final year student of the University of Benin, Ayodele Adeluyi 25, has been recovered by local divers in Oteri-Ughelli community in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State. Ayodele, a student of Uniben studying Fisheries at the Agricultural Department, had accompanied his friends to a local dredging site on Wednesday last week Tuesday to swim before his untimely death it was gathered. According to sources, The deceased had returned from school without the knowledge of his parents and was hanging out…

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