As a result of the crisis between the warring factions in the community, many people have fled their homes.

Several people have been reported wounded and property destroyed, while police have drafted anti-riot policemen to the area.

Vanguard had sometime in February this year reported that crisis was looming in Obetim community; that whilst some people from the boundary community are claiming that the community is properly located in Ndokwa East local government area, another group led by the traditional ruler of the community is kicking against it.

Addressing some women from the community who staged a peaceful protest to the office of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) in Asaba, the Permanent Secretary in the SSG office, Mr. Andy Omokri  told the women that “government is already addressing the issue.

Fighting and crisis cannot solve the problem of Obetim-Unor people wanting to be in Ndokwa East or Ndokwa West. People should have confidence in government. You should allow peace to reign, whether you are in Ndokwa east or west, you are still in Delta State.








we all one”, he stated.
Contacted, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Charles Muka said “no arrest has so far been made in connection with the incident”.
Secretary of the Caretaker Committee of the community, Mr. Cletus Okedukor  had while addressing the press in Asaba  sometime in February referred the journalists to a communiqué issued sometime last year during the general assembly of indigenes of the community both from home and abroad which stated inter alia that “the Government of Delta state beginning from the placement of the community in Ndokwa West local government area by Delta State government under Col. David Dungs’ administration to date with regards to the implementation of the legal and administrative process for the authentication of the status of Obetim community as bona fide constitute of Ndokwa West local government area”.
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30 September 2008

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