BY EGUFE YAFUGBORHI

THE Olara-Aja (traditional leader) of Ubeji, Chief T V A Nikaghanri, has called on the Inspector General of Police, IGP, and the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse II, to help bring to book hoodlums who allegedly murdered his son, Boyowa Nikaghari, last month, when the leadership crisis rocking the Warri South Area community got fatal.

On June 22, rampaging armed youths reportedly broke through the fence into Nikaghanri’s compound and shot two of his sons, Boyowa and Destiny, who are  receiving medical attention while their eldest brother, Tuoyo, also caught in the attack, escaped unhurt.
In a petition to the IGP through, David Ezonebi Iseru, his counsel, Nikaghanri said the death of his son is connected with the struggle for his position.

Tuoyo  alleged army involvement in the attack saying, “Soldiers in Ubeji have not been honest in the matter. The authority at 3 Battalion, Effurun  summoned both parties and warned against crisis. But three uniformed soldiers were watching when the hoodlums broke in, shot Boyowa and Destiny. Boyowa took bullets in the heart and is now lying at the Warri Central Hospital Mortuary.”