An
elderly community leader in Delta State who was gearing up to take part
in his birthday ceremony, has suffered a horrific tragedy.
Men of the Nigeria Police Force
Pa. Sandy Omadeli, a 77-year-old leader of Ugborodo Community in Warri South-West Local Government Area, has been assassinated.
The man was killed less than two weeks to his birthday.
Daily Post reports that Omadeli was to celebrate his birthday on Feb. 1.
The deceased, a Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP was
murdered at about 5am on Tuesday Morning by suspected hired assassins at
his Effuru residence.
Sources said the assassins stormed the deceased’s family at Akugbe
Street by Water Resources in Uvwie Local Government Area, locked him up
for several hours and brutally murdered him.
The source also disclosed that before family relatives realized,
Pa. Omadeli had already been killed by the assassins who hurriedly left
the house.
The deceased among others was an active voice in Ugborodo community
and had protested over alleged misappropriation of huge oil royalties
accrued to the community from Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL as well as
the yet to be released N3.2billion Coastal Ugborodo Development Fund
which has been a subject of crisis in the area.
Secretary of Ugborodo Community Development, Femi Uwawah confirmed the incident, quoting the deceased’s wife as saying, ”her hubby was either suffocated to death or injected with a chemical but, We cannot confirm that until the autopsy comes out.”
According to Daily Post, when contacted, the Delta State
Commissioner of Police, CP Zanna Mohammed, said that the police were yet
to be briefed.
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