Nigeria: Militants Have Taken Over, Says Community Leader

25 November 2008

The people of Obontie community in Delta State have alleged that suspected armed militants from Ugbukurusu and Ikersan communities have sacked the villagers from their hometown and occupied the village.

The Olore-Aja of the community, John Ogholoja in a press statement made available to Vanguard in Warri said, "We are constrained to cry out to the state government and the entire nation for the security of our lives and property from the brutal hands of our age-long harsh neighbouring communities of Ugbukurusu and Ikeresan".

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