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Police Hand Over Delta King, Ikolo To Military

The monach was among the eight persons declared wanted by the Nigerian Army Defence Headquarters, over the March 14 killing of 17 soldiers at Okuama Community.


29th March 2024 08:29 AM

The King of Ewu, Clement Ikolo, who turned himself in, has been handed over to the Military by the police on Friday.

This was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Delta State Police Command, SP Bright Edafe.  

Earlier, the King of Ewu kingdom and one of the suspects declared wanted by the Nigerian military, Ikolo Clement,  surrendered himself to the Police on Thursday.

Clement, a newly installed traditional ruler of Ewu Kingdom in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, was among the eight persons declared wanted by the Nigerian Army Defence Headquarters.

They were wanted over the March 14 killing of 17 soldiers at Okuama Community.

Also declared wanted is a suspected militant leader, Akevwru Daniel Omotegbono, also known as Amagbein, who soldiers tracked to the Igbomoturu community in Southern-Ijaw Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, a few days after the incident, but missed him.

On the list of wanted persons are the president-general of Ewu, Prof Ekpekpo Arthur, and Reuben Baru, the young man who made a viral video recently, narrating why they killed the soldiers.