Okuama: Delta Monarch Moved To Abuja For Further Questioning

HRM Clement Ikolo Oghenerukevwe, Urhukpe I of Emu Kingdom in Delta State who surrendered himself to the police after he was named by the Nigerian Army as a wanted suspect in the killing of 17 officers and soldiers in Okuama, Delta State has been moved to Abuja for further questioning.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Delta State Police Command, SP Bright Edafe, made this known in a chat with reporters on Friday morning.

Edafe stated that the Nigerian Army had taken the Delta monarch into custody and had moved him to Abuja for further investigation.

He had earlier confirmed that Oghenerukevwe had been taken into police custody after he was declared wanted by the military high command on Thursday morning alongside seven others over the alleged killing of 17 army officers and soldiers.

The Delta police spokesman confirmed that Oghenerukevwe, the Urhukpe I of Emu Kindom, turned himself in on Thursday evening.

“We have already handed him over to the military, they were the ones that declared him wanted,” he said.

But shortly before surrendering to the police, the traditional ruler addressed the media, saying that he had no hand in the murder of the army personnel in Okuama community.

He said: “I am very surprised that my name as the monarch of the kingdom will appear in the list of wanted persons. I have no hand in the killings; I have no hand in encouraging anybody to kill anybody; it is against my philosophy as a human being and my faith as a Catholic.

“It is a serious crime against humanity and they need to look at the appropriate places and do thorough investigation to know all those who have committed this and bring them to book and let justice prevail.

“I am not a party to this, and as I have said earlier, the state government is aware of the turbulence I have been going through, and as I speak, an arrangement was made by the government to invite the opponents recently just before this happenings.”

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