The President General of Ovwian community in Udu local government area of Delta state, Chief Alfred Urhukpe, has died after a brief illness on Wednesday night.
Though facts about the death were sketchy as at press time, Acting President of the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, Comrade Kehinde Taiga, sympathised with the family members and the Owvian community over the untimely death of their loved one.
Comrade Taiga, however, said a youth was killed in the community on Tuesday by yet to be identified gun men in the area. He attributed the incessant killings in parts of the state to the handiwork of cultists in the affected areas.
He called for full deployment of military men to man the various checkpoints and hotspots in the state. He said if there are military personnel at checkpoints in the area, these incessant killings where youths murder each other would be reduced.
Taiga added that leaders of Delta communities also needed to be questioned as to where these youths are coming from and whether they are residents in those community.
He said the former president general of Ovwian community brought in Bakassi boys to the community, the development led to some peace in the area. Reports say he paid them during their stay.
But after a while, it was learnt that some members of the community complained against the use of Bakassi Boys in the community, hence he sent them away. This led to upsurge in cult killings in Owvian area.
However, another version of the report from some persons in Udu was that the president general was poisoned by unknown persons in the community.
When contacted for confirmation, Acting Police Public Relations Officer, Edafe Bright, said he was yet to get information from the officers on ground in Udu local government area of Delta state.
