Obi Of Ogwashi-Uku And His Convoy Survived A Deadly Attack By Some Thugs

The Obi of Ogwashi-Uku, HRM Obi Ifechukwude Aninshi Okonjo II, and his convoy survived a lethal assault by some thugs throughout a go to to Otulu Ogwashiku-Uku, in Delta State the place he went to supply prayers.

 

Press Informant realized that there was a transparent assassination try as one of many cultists tried to seize a gun from a safety officer connected to the standard ruler.

Based on an announcement launched from the Obi’s palace, the Obi and his entourage which included Prince Onyema Okonjo and the Council of Ogwashi-Uku, visited the neighborhood to supply prayers and had a number of discussions on methods to progress.

 

The occasion was largely profitable because the Obi met members of the neighborhood and prayed with them.

 

Nonetheless, when the Obi was departing, the thugs who had been reportedly introduced from Otulu attacked him and members of the entourage. The Obi was on the rear of the convoy when the assault occurred.

 

“The thugs tried to forcefully seize a gun belonging to a legislation enforcement operative who escorted the Obi on the go to.”

“You will need to word that members of the press accompanied the Obi on the go to. The legislation enforcement from the Workplace of the Space Commander and in addition the Brigade Command in Asaba had been additionally there on the go to and so they witnessed the whole lot that occurred,” a part of the assertion from the palace reads.

 

The Palace additionally mentioned that those that sponsored the thugs are recognized and might be dropped at justice.

 

Prince Onyema Okonjo confirmed being on the rear of the convoy when the assault occurred.

 

“I used to be on the rear. They attacked me. A part of the entourage had already gone. The cultists had been led by Chris Oduwanor the brother to Francis Oduwanor who’s already going through expenses for unlawful possession of firearms who had been on the scene and coordinated the assaults.”

 

“They tried to grab one of many weapons of the Military official, throughout which one among them bought harm. However the go to was largely peaceable.”

 

“It was only a conventional go to to one of many communities which had been largely overrun by cultists and miscreants. There have been some sponsored thugs, who tried to assault the members on the rear of the convoy of the Obi’s group that got here on the go to,” he narrated.