Nigeria: Six Killed in Ogoni Chieftaincy Crisis

25 January 2009

Port Harcourt — No fewer than six persons were feared dead in a Chieftaincy dispute that broke out in Bomu, an Ogoni Community in Rivers State.

Ironically, two identified brothers were said to be at the centre of the lingering crisis that has snowballed in to avoidable bloodletting.

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