31st July 2024, NewsOrient
News, Law And Society
By Ferdinand Okor, Editor-At-Large

Tension is still high in Ogbeozoma community in Okpanam, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State following the attack and killing of police officers by hoodlums.

The residents of the community have therefore asked Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to intervene in the bloody invasion of their ancestral land by a notorious criminal gang.

The community in the petition dated July 27 and signed by their counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, alleged that the gang attacked their land on July 22, 2024, killing police personnel and destroying properties worth billions of naira.

According to them, the criminals arrived the community with about 15 Hilux vehicles and fully loaded with persons who were not only wielding sophisticated weapons ranging from AK-47, AK-49, daggers, machetes and all other forms of charms, but were equally fully kitted in various special police uniforms.

The community said security agents on duty were not spared by the invading assailants, while some civilians were brutally assaulted, wounded and properties worth billions of Naira destroyed.

They claimed that the gang has been using their connections with high-ranking security officials to evade justice.

The petition reads in part: “Luck ran out of a few members of these criminal gang when the last batch of their vehicles could not speedily leave the scene of the crime before policemen on rescue mission blocked them and in the ensuing argument, they opened fire on a policeman and fatally shot his left leg, before they were fully disarmed and arrested.

“The gallant policemen were able to recover few vehicles left behind by the invading criminals, which included two hilux vans, and earth moving equipment used in the said deadly operation …”

“It is against the backdrop of the foregoing serious allegations that we most humbly crave for the expeditious intervention of His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Delta State, in bringing these culprits to book.”

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