we must seek divine intervention in order that we begin to see less of this kind of atrocities. I know that every body feels unsafe in Benin City these days, it is such a pity. Even coming to Benin , myself, every body was telling me you have to be very careful and it is a pity that this is happening in our own state.

Uboh, who spoke at a civic reception organised in her honour by the Ekuku-Agbor community in Ika council area, assured people of her constituents of her avowed commitments to attract more dividends of democracy to the area and called for continued peace and support of government policies and programmes.

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