By Perez Brisibe
UGHELLI – A gang of unidentified gunmen said to be terrorising Ughelli and environs in the past few weeks struck again yesterday at a church in the town killing a police inspector and taking away his rifle.
The incident happened at the premises of a popular pentecostal church located along Oviri-Ogor road in Ughelli, headquarters of Ughelli North local government area of Delta State.
According to security sources, the late Police Inspector identified as Mr. Ninyel Nwangwang was attached to the PMF 31, Ogwashi-Uku and was on escort duty to the church when he was killed.
Though the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Bright Edafe said he was not aware of the incident when contacted earlier, the police source who confirmed the incident on condition of anonymity, disclosed that the policeman was confirmed dead at the Central Hospital, Ughelli were he was rushed to for medical attention.
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It was also gathered that a police escort attached to the Chinese immigrants was killed.
DAILY POST gathered that a fight ensued between the Chinese and labourers, mainly from the north, on Monday, at a mining site over an issue yet to be made public.
It was further gathered that kidnappers have been demanding N500 million ransom
Source informed this medium that Amotekun personnel have been deployed into the village searching for the kidnapped victims.
Confirming the incident, the Osun Amotekun Corps Commandant, Brigadier General Bashir Adewinmbi, rtd, confirmed that a police escort was killed and three Chinese expatriates were kidnapped by some unknown persons.
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Yet-to-be-identified assailants suspected to be cultists have reportedly axed a male student of the Delta State Polytechnic, Oghara, Ethiope West Local Government Area, to death.
The incident was said to have happened on Saturday evening on campus.
Details of the identity of the deceased and the killing were still scanty as of the time of filing the report but there were speculations that the killing could be cult-related.
The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, who confirmed the incident on Sunday evening, said: “It is true. The report is that the girl (girlfriend of deceased) said she and her boyfriend went to settle scores with one lecturer somewhere and as they were coming out of the place, about four people dragged the boyfriend into the bush.