The community leaders alleged that various folk were murdered, kidnapped, or rendered homeless by forcing them to toddle or relocate from their homes and hump into exile.

Some leaders of Ekpan community in the Uvwie Local Authorities Home of Delta Instruct have accused Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of the utilization of the police to clamp down on individuals of the opposition who are from the space.

In line with the leaders in a letter to the Director Usual of the Department of Instruct Services and products (DSS), in the closing seven and a half years that Okowa, a member of the Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP) has been the shriek governor, opposition individuals in the community were subjected to a sustained campaign of felony assault, destruction of property, multiple murders, kidnapping and intimidation.

Okowa is the vice-presidential candidate of the PDP for the 2023 election.

The community leaders alleged that various folk were murdered, kidnapped, or rendered homeless by forcing them to toddle or relocate from their homes and hump into exile.

The letter learn, “This horrendously naked show conceal of raw political strength by the PDP-led administration, each on the shriek stage most ceaselessly and the Uvwie Local Authorities Home in particular has resulted in various folk being murdered, kidnapped, rendered homeless and/or forced to toddle/relocate out of their native indigenous homes and hump into exile out of the Ekpan Team, Uvwie Local Authorities Home. The perpetrators of these activities which we are able to tell in fuller ingredient are effectively-acknowledged to us.

“They consist of I. Gradual Lawrence Ngozi Ijie, II. Uvwie Ejeneye, III. Daniel Ighedo, IV. Joseph Uvwaye Alias Uruere, V. Ramson Onoyake, VI. Efe Handiest, VII. Victory Nanakparo, VIII. Patricia Usolo, IX. Gabriel Ariuruje, X. Caris Ariuruje, XI. Onajite Awinoron, XII. Newyear Iffie, XIII. Newton Onaodowan, XIV. Matthew Emewakeme, XV. Isaac Etigbenaye (Oshegudu), XVI. Shedrach Ighedo and XVII. Joseph Ukwesa.

“These form of folk are political appointees or elected officers of the PDP-led Authorities in Uvwie Local Authorities and Delta Instruct. Now we have induced various complaints to be made about their activities to the full formations of the Nigerian Police from the Divisional Police Intention up to the Instruct of job of the Commissioner of Police, Delta Instruct Police Narrate all to no avail.

“They’ve was deaf ears to our cries and have refused to arrest and even investigate the many complaints we have made to them over time referring to the particular acts of liminality perpetrated by these folk with the ostensible authority of the Delta Instruct Authorities.

“The siege still continues up to now. It’s sustained, unrelenting, strategically executed and clearly directed at casting off all perceived or valid opposition to the ruling birthday celebration in Delta Instruct as soon as that that you just can well presumably presumably factor in.

“Ekpan community is a extraordinarily mountainous community with a inhabitants of about 500,000 folk. It plays host to the Warri Refinery and masses diversified oil corporations and oil provider corporations. The community is terribly strategic in the political and social calculations of Delta Instruct as a complete. The undersigned, who are all community leaders, as effectively as many diversified indigenes of Ekpan, who witness up to them for management number (are) in their hundreds.

“One among us, Chief Victor Otomiewo used to be the Unuevworo (Primitive Duke responsible) of Ekpan community. Later, resulting from its gigantic dimension, Ekpan community used to be split into four areas and Chief Victor Otomiewo still heads one amongst these sections of the community. In conjunction with one of the indispensable most diversified undersigned as effectively as diversified mature leaders in the community, we be sure that the framework that retains the community silent is saved intact. If Ekpan community is fully destabilized as desired by these hoodlums, the unlucky stage of criminal activity that will weigh down the community and spill into the neighbouring communities, in conjunction with Warri and Effurun is better imagined than skilled.”

Explaining additional, the community leader said, “Because it stands this day, Ekpan community has been was into gangsters’ haven where one thing else goes in the name of Chairman of the Uvwie Local Authorities. Any particular person that’s perceived to be an opposition member is a purpose. As a consequence, many folk have quietly fled the community in peril for his or her lives.

“The Primitive establishment of Ekpan has been rendered comatose as all Chiefs are beneath serious threat of elimination and intimidation by the native authorities authority chaired by Ramson Onoyake and the Chief Perpetuators being; Daniel Ighedo, Joseph Uvwaye, Victory Nanakparo, Shedrack Ighedo, Uvwie EJeneye, Joseph Ukwesa, Gabriel Ariuruje, Matthew Emewakeme, Newton Onoadowan, Isaac Etigbenaye, Caris Ariuruje, Efe Handiest who’s a cousin of Chief V.E. Otomiewo.

“The feminine fronts of the cabal are Sarah Ariuruje, Patricia Usolo and Onajite Awinoron. They are being aided, lined and guarded by the Delta Instruct Commissioner of Police, Ali Muhammed Aliyu and the Ekpan Police Intention DPO. In addition, the Vice Chairman of Uvwie Local Authorities, Mr. Daniel Ighedo illegally brought and retains a community of squaddies in Uduomovwori Quarters, Ekpan Team. The squaddies are maintained partly by forced levies that are forcibly silent from the unhappy traders, artisans and residents of Ekpan community by the Vice Chairman and his boys.

“The Vice Chairman, with the support of the said squaddies additionally runs a security ring for criminals in Ekpan Team. The general drug peddlers, kidnappers and unlawful oil bunkerers in Ekpan community pay security money to the Vice Chairman and the said squaddies who put into effect his directives. The tent extinct by the squaddies in the community is now an different authorities in Ekpan community. Per week, Of us are kidnapped and taken to the squaddies’ tent and they’re beneath no circumstances released till ransoms are paid during the squaddies. One among the undersigned used to be kidnapped and taken to the squaddies on Sunday, tenth of October, 2022.

“For the explanation that advent of the Okowa Administration, the dwelling and Instruct of job premises of Chief Victor Otomiewo were attacked 15 cases, with out a response from the Instruct Police Narrate and/or the Local Authorities authorities or the shriek, despite varied petitions, some of that are enclosed herein as Annexure A. The police commissioner in Asaba and every DPO that has been posted to Uvwie Local Authorities have was deaf ears to his bawl for justice and/or arrest of the criminals responsible, most of whom are authorities appointees. They were all listed above.

“Below essentially the most up-to-date administration of Ramson Onoyake because the Chairman of Uvwie Local Authorities, the premises of 1 in every of the undersigned, Chief Victor Otomiewo has been attacked eight (8) cases on this twelve months alone. On September 17th, 2021 Honorable Ramson Onoyake went on Radio and Television to lisp that Chief Otomiewo has been banned from getting into the Okugbe Predominant School, Ekpan for the motive of football coaching and diversified exercises.

“He adopted up this ban when on Sunday, the 19th of September 2021 with five (5) tricycles, acknowledged as Keke, he forcefully and illegally kidnapped Chief Otomiewo from the faculty area, forced him into his vehicle with seven effectively-armed thugs and took him to the Ekpan Police Intention. Fortunately, the then DPO purchased calls from all over Nigeria, advising him on the caliber of the particular person who had been kidnapped to his role of job, he noticed reasons, released him on bail, and suggested Ramson Onoyake to head and apologize, but up till this day, the apology has no longer been rendered.

“On July 11th 2022, he invaded the Okugbe Predominant School premises, with thugs and bricklayers and illegally sealed up the pedestrian gate with concrete combating access to Chief Otomiewo and/or any particular person who seeks to play football on that pitch. It may perchance well presumably be neatly-known that the said pedestrian entrance used to be authorized by Professor Muoboghare, the Commissioner, Predominant and Usual Secondary Education on the relevant time. To additional put into effect his dictatorial tendency, he induced the fence of the Football area to be laced with Barb wires making Okugbe Predominant School Football area, the real coaching ground in the full world encircled with absorbing barbed wire, making, resulting from this truth, football and diversified sport applications no longer skill.

“As a results of this constant and incessant torment, harassment and intimidation of Chief Otomiewo and his family with none security from any Police formation in Delta Instruct, he used to be forced to witness remediation in other places and resorted to the Inspector Usual’s role of job. A duplicate of the criticism to the IGP is hooked up as Annexure B. All and sundry knows for a undeniable truth that the motive in the inspire of the incessant torment, harassment and threat to lifestyles of the undersigned used to be because they contain the route of truth.

“They’ve challenged the unlawful actions of the authorities officers and appointees by no longer finest suing the Local Authorities Chairman for dissolving the duly elected EDC and living up an unlawful caretaker committee. One among us, Chief Otomiewo additionally stood as counsel to shield Mr. Steven Akemu who used to be framed on trumped-up charges of Kidnapping and armed theft. This label used to be opposite to the stay results of the investigation and advice of the Commissioner of Police, Delta Instruct and the DPO, Ekpan. The Commissioner of Police, Delta Instruct admitted to the listening to of some individuals of the Uvwie Team, that he used to be pressurized by the Delta Instruct Security Council to rope in Steven Akemu in one amongst the meetings, the Uvwie Team had with him in Asaba.

Efforts to achieve DSP Incandescent Edate, the police spokesman in the shriek on the phone weren’t a success.