The Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, has said monarchs in Okuama and other neighbouring communities in Delta state must have played a role in the murder of 17 soldiers in the state.
Suspected residents of the Okuama community, on 14 March, ambushed and murdered the Commanding Officer of 181 Army Amphibious Battalion, two majors, one captain and 13 soldiers.
The troops were attacked while responding to a distress call arising from a clash between Okuama and Okoloba communities in the South-southern state.
In response, the Defence Headquarters, Thursday declared eight suspects wanted over the murder of the military personnel.
The traditional ruler of Ewu Kingdom in the Ughelli South local government area of Delta state, Clement Ikolo, was among those declared wanted.
Ikolo has since surrendered himself to the police in the state from where he was whisked away to the Nigerian army Headquarters in Abuja for questioning.
The monarch was still in army custody at the time of filing this report.
Meanwhile, members of the Traditional Rulers Council of Chiefs in Ewu-Urhobo, Delta state, in a statement on Saturday, called for the immediate release of Mr Ikolo.
The monarchs argued that they and their detained colleague were not connected to the communal crisis that led to the murder of the 17 soldiers.
“His Majesty is in no way associated with the ongoing feud between Okoloba and Okuama Communities, let alone the tragic killing of army personnel,” the monarchs said in the statement.
But reacting when he appeared as a guest on Arise TV’s “The Morning Show”, Wednesday, Mr Musa, an army general, insisted that the monarchs from the Urhobo tribe within the warring communities could not deny involvement in the murder of the soldiers.
“I have heard the Urhobo leaders talking. I have very serious respect for elders. But I would also like elders to speak from a position of strength.
“They cannot say that they do not know what is going on there. I am sure that you know that since they murdered the soldiers, there are a lot of human sacrifices ongoing in those areas and it was just part of them showing a way of saying they have strength and that was why they were able to kill the soldiers.
“We know that a lot of people knew what was going on and kept quiet and that makes them complicit. Maybe he, Ikolo, did not take part directly, but he will not tell us he does not have the knowledge or understanding of what was going on (in Okuama).
“So, those communities (within the Urhobo tribe) know these criminals. Some of them benefit from this act of criminality. But investigations will unravel most of these things,” Mr Musa stated.
Musa added that the bodies of the slain soldiers were dismembered, with their private parts removed by the hoodlums who murdered them.
(Premium Times)
Very interesting information!Perfect just what I was searching for!
Hi there very nice web site!! Man .. Excellent .. Wonderful .. I will bookmark your website and take the feeds additionally?KI am happy to find a lot of useful info here in the submit, we’d like work out extra techniques on this regard, thanks for sharing. . . . . .
Hi , I do believe this is an excellent blog. I stumbled upon it on Yahoo , i will come back once again. Money and freedom is the best way to change, may you be rich and help other people.
Great post, I conceive blog owners should larn a lot from this website its rattling user pleasant.
You really make it seem so easy with your presentation but I find this topic to be really something that I think I would never understand. It seems too complicated and very broad for me. I am looking forward for your next post, I’ll try to get the hang of it!
Wonderful blog! I found it while searching on Yahoo News. Do you have any tips on how to get listed in Yahoo News? I’ve been trying for a while but I never seem to get there! Cheers
ProNerve 6 nerve relief formula stands out due to its advanced formula combining natural ingredients that have been specifically put together for the exceptional health advantages it offers.
My brother recommended I may like this web site. He was once totally right. This post truly made my day. You cann’t imagine simply how much time I had spent for this info! Thanks!
This actually answered my downside, thanks!
Good ?V I should certainly pronounce, impressed with your website. I had no trouble navigating through all tabs and related information ended up being truly easy to do to access. I recently found what I hoped for before you know it in the least. Quite unusual. Is likely to appreciate it for those who add forums or anything, site theme . a tones way for your customer to communicate. Nice task..
Hi there, You’ve performed an incredible job. I’ll definitely digg it and in my opinion recommend to my friends. I am sure they will be benefited from this site.
I am extremely impressed with your writing talents and also with the format for your blog. Is that this a paid theme or did you modify it your self? Either way stay up the excellent quality writing, it is rare to see a nice weblog like this one these days..
Its such as you learn my thoughts! You appear to know a lot about this, like you wrote the ebook in it or something. I think that you simply could do with a few percent to drive the message home a bit, but other than that, that is excellent blog. An excellent read. I’ll certainly be back.
I besides conceive thus, perfectly pent post! .
I’m not that much of a online reader to be honest but your blogs really nice, keep it up! I’ll go ahead and bookmark your site to come back in the future. Cheers
I am so happy to read this. This is the kind of manual that needs to be given and not the random misinformation that’s at the other blogs. Appreciate your sharing this greatest doc.
Of course, what a great website and enlightening posts, I definitely will bookmark your website.All the Best!
great points altogether, you simply gained a brand new reader. What would you recommend in regards to your post that you made some days ago? Any positive?
I am not real fantastic with English but I find this very leisurely to read .
Do you mind if I quote a few of your posts as long as I provide credit and sources back to your weblog? My blog site is in the exact same area of interest as yours and my visitors would definitely benefit from a lot of the information you provide here. Please let me know if this okay with you. Thank you!
Hey there this is kind of of off topic but I was wanting to know if blogs use WYSIWYG editors or if you have to manually code with HTML. I’m starting a blog soon but have no coding know-how so I wanted to get advice from someone with experience. Any help would be greatly appreciated!