Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has warned conventional rulers in opposition to shielding suspected killers of navy personnel within the state.
PREMIUM TIMES reported how suspected residents of the Okuoma Neighborhood on 14 March ambushed and murdered 17 navy personnel locally, together with a commander (a lieutenant colonel), two majors, one captain and 13 troopers.
The troops have been ambushed and killed whereas responding to a misery name arising from a conflict between Okuoma and Okoloba Communities within the South-southern state.
Governor speaks
Addressing conventional rulers from the 2 warring communities on the State Conventional Rulers’ Council Secretariat in Asaba, Mr Oborevwori mentioned the assault was alien to the state, in keeping with a report by Vanguard newspaper.
“The killing of those Military Officers and troopers got here as a impolite shock to us and when this factor occurred, I instantly referred to as the Nationwide Safety Adviser, the Chief of Defence Workers and the Military Workers as a result of I used to be in Abuja,” he mentioned.
The governor described the homicide of the navy personnel as “barbaric, inhumane and unacceptable” and vowed that those that carried out the act could be tracked down and prosecuted.
“Don’t cover or protect anyone. The Chief of Military Workers and Mr President have assured me that harmless folks is not going to be victimised until you connive with the killers of the troopers.
“I’ve briefed you and made positive that you just fish them out out of your kingdoms. If any conventional ruler shields a felony, that conventional ruler is inviting bother,” Mr Oborevwori warned.
“We didn’t discount for this evil act, however for peace, I don’t need a disaster. I’ve additionally obtained data that two different villages are boiling to battle. They need to not battle. We wish peace in all our communities.
“I condemn it, and it’s unacceptable. So please, my expensive royal fathers, allow us to be on the identical web page to fish out these folks. Don’t enable anyone who dedicated this evil act to come back to your kingdom and produce issues to your neighborhood,” he added.
The governor requested the monarchs at hand over any suspect of their communities to the safety businesses to keep away from navy personnel taking on their communities upon discovering they’re shielding any of the suspects.
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“You shouldn’t play politics with this. Don’t say that the Military has taken over your village as a result of they can’t simply come to your village with out getting data. However I guarantee you folks that no harmless individual will likely be victimised.
“Inform your folks to not encourage any disaster as a result of in case you do, you can not come out of it. Some folks don’t have information of what’s occurring, and so they begin speaking,” he added.
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