Ifeanyi Okowa. |
The
Special Assistant to the Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa on Youth Affairs,
simply identified Ngozi Ijei was shot dead in Ekpan, Uvwie local government
area of the state last night, The Nation Newspaper reports.
The
killing of Ngozi, who was a key player in the political unrest in the area
since the last decade, has led to fear and tension in the area.
It
was gathered that youths were mobilizing as at the time of this report to attack
perceived enemies of the deceased and burn down their properties.
Prior
to his appointment by Okowa in 2016, Ngozi was standing trial for sundry
crimes, including murder, but was controversially released from prison before
being appointed SA on Community and Youth Affairs to the governor.
His
murder last night was the latest in a bloody chapter which has seen a spike in
insecurity in Ekpan and Jakpa Road areas of Uvwie LGA.
It
would be recalled that at least six persons were killed in the area in the last
couple of weeks in the latest upsurge of violence before the botched February
16 general elections.
Uvwie
is usually a hotbed of crisis since 2003, because of the usual contending
political forces and interests of key players in the Urhobo community.
The
current Delta South Senatorial candidate of the PDP and incumbent House of
Representative member in Uvwie/Sapele/Okpe Federal Constituency, Ms Evelyn
Oboro, hails from the area.
Oboro
is locked in a supremacy tussle with deposed chairman of the council, Mr. Henry
Baro, who is the APC flag-bearer aiming to succeed Oboro in the lower chamber
of the National Assembly.
The
governorship candidate of the APC, Mr. Great Ogboru, has a strong fellowship in
the area, and in his 2003 failed contest with then-incumbent James Ibori,
dozens of houses were burnt in Uvwie by supporters of the PDP and Ogbodu’s then
Alliance Democracy.
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