By Dele Ogunyemi

The newly-installed Ovie of Ewu-Urhobo Kingdom in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, Clement Ikolo, Urhukpe 1, is among the eight persons declared wanted by the Defence Headquarters over the March 14 killings of 17 officers and soldiers on peace mission at Okuama community, Delta State.

Okuama is one of the many communities under the Ewu-Urhobo Kingdom where the wanted Ikolo is the traditional ruler.

The Defence Headquarters had early Thursday, declared eight people wanted in connection to the killing.

Also declared wanted is the President-General of Ewu communities and renowned university lecturer, Prof Arthur Ekpekpo.

Also, on the list of those declared wanted is a suspected militant leader, Akevwru Daniel Omotegbono, aka Amagbein.

Soldiers had, a few days after the incident, tracked him to the Igbomoturu community in the Southern-Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State but missed him as he was believed to have gone underground.

On the list also are Atata Malaw David and Sinclair Oliki, who are suspected to be part of the Amagbein gang.

Others are Andaowei Dennis Bakriri and Igoli Ebi, who is supposedly the mother of one of the wanted persons as well as Reuben Baru, a young man, who made a viral video recently, narrating why the soldiers were killed.


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The army can't just declare any body wanted did period Without info.

Pls allow us do our work


The blood of the slain soldiers cannot go in vain

Soldiers. Hmmm.....Ken Saro Wiwa was Abacha's friend but Abacha being a soldier...hmm. Don't joke with soldiers o.

This is foolish. How did this old woman kill a military officer?

Is so sad the soldiers were killed by the idiots. But then again I ask, what constitutional authority enables the Nigerian military to declare a citizen wanted. I want someone to cite relevant sections of the constitution and the Armed Forces Act. Does the soldiers have powers to declare someone wanted, thereby usurping the powers of a judge, as the judiciary are the appropriate authority so empowered to issue warrants. If and when arrested, does the military legally have a holding facility for civilians suspected of crime. Anything unknown to law is illegal and you can't use illegality to fight illegality.