By Egufe Yafugborhi

CHIEF Newton Agbofodoh, the Unuevworo of Ekpan, has said the  Friday military – police joint raid on  Ekpan in  Uvwie local government area, of  Delta State was  targeted at him after three of his sons were arrested and his home vandalized.

Security operatives, speaking through Brig. Gen. Farouque Yahaya, Commander, 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, and Alkali Usman, Delta  Police Commissioner, said the raid, simultaneously carried out in Ebrumede and two other Uvwie suburbs, was to mop up illegal arms, but  Agbofodoh countered that it was instigated by his face-off with the state government.

The Ekpan chief  stated, “In early hours of  March 11, 2016, soldiers and police men, without a bench warrant, invaded my house.

“They claimed  it was  an arms mop up  operation. They didn’t find one incriminating object breaking into my house but they vacated my home carting away N1.4m  cash and five 32″ LG plasma televisions. They took my wife’s box of jewelries worth N13million”.