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| *Late Tasiemobi...felled by bullets |
By Our Reporters
Reports from riverside
community of Ogwu ikpele, Ogbaru LGA of Anambra state say not less than two
persons have died while many others injured during fracas which ensued amongst
people of Umuoleke village Ogwu Ikpele last Sunday.
Ogwu Ikpele is home
to Hon. Prince Chu Chu Onyema, member representing Ogbaru Federal Constituency at
the Federal House of Representatives.
According to social
media reports by indigenes of the town as well as other Ogbaru communities, fracas
ensued over the sharing formula of N20m compensation by SEEPCO, an oil
exploration company working in the area.
As at press time, no one could exactly say what really transpired between the
people of Umuoleke but many agree that there was disagreements over the sharing formula of the
alleged compensation largesse from SEEPCO that led to commotion leading to the
death of one Anthony Mmadupue (Ajie) and one Tasiemobi who fell under a barrage
of gun fire with many others nursing various degrees of injuries.
One of the FB post by Emeka Innocent sadly
noted “It was a black Sunday today in Ogwu-Ikpele as we lost Tasiemobi who was
shot during a big fight in Umueleke village, 2 other persons where shot but
it's unfortunate that this innocent boy died during a fight among Umueleke
people in Ogwu-Ikpele. When I asked how it happened they said it was a flying
bullet. I also asked what caused the
fight and they said it's because of 20million naira that was given to Umueleke
Village by the oil company”
He even posted the
photos of the remains of Mr Anthony Mmadupue (Ajie) whom he said “died in
Ogwu-Ikpele yesterday he was single handedly killed by his fellow brothers of
same village Umueleke because of misunderstanding among themselves all because
of Oil money ask me how much?”.
Many commentators say
this is not the first time such fracas is happening in Ogwu, community
said to be without passable roads, any health center or portable water.
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