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We Don’t Have Militants, Urhobo Community Tells Avengers

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POSTED: JUL 16, 2016 AT 8:53 PM / / COMMENTS (0)
TAGS: AVENGERS, COMMUNITY, MILITANTS, TELLS, URHOBO
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EMMA ARUBI

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The President General of Orogun Community in Ughelli North Council area of Delta State, Chief Josiah Ntekume, has denied that any of its indigene belonged to the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), or any other militant groups, saying that the militant who claimed to be from their community never existed.

The self-styled militant leader, who identified himself simply as Ogheneghochuko, without a surname had in a video that has gone viral on social media on July 7 threatened to kill President Muhammadu Buhari, his family and governors of the South East region if detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOD) Nnamdi Kanu was not released by month end.

Oghenghochuko who said he was the leader of Biafra Avengers 2 had demanded for Biafra nation in the 8.55 minutes video using derogatory words against the President and threatened to unleash violence against the state and solicited for youths in the South East region to join any of his group closer to them.

But Ntekume said that since the video became viral investigation revealed that no such person exist in the area.

“The militant claim to come from Orogun having listened to the video, I condemned it in its entirety. having examined it, it is obvious he is not from Orogun. He did not mention his surname.

“We have been doing internal investigations since on the 7th of July when the video came out and indications show that he is not from Orogun”, he said. “Orogun is in Ughelli North Local Government area of Delta State. We do not belong or subscribe to Biafra ideology. We do not belong to Niger Delta Avengers. Our community should not be dragged into this nonsense. This man is just trying to drag our peace loving community into the nonsense that is going on in the Niger Delta.

“If you listen carefully to the voice, you will know that after mentioning Orogun, every other body language and things he said were geared towards the South East and because he has threatened the President, his family and governors in Biafra region, I want the whole world to understand that he is not from or part of Orogun and we condemned the action”, he said.

The President General said emphatically that there is no militant group in the community and disclosed that they were already working with the security agents to fish out the culprit.

“We will continue to work with the security agencies that if he is seen around, he will be apprehended and made to face justice. He is trying to drag Orogun into the nonsense. If he feels he is from Orogun, he should mention his father’s name and compound”, Chief Ntekume challenged.

The so called avengers nothing more than the ragtag lazy Ijaw youths who are also a dirty instruments in the hands of the embittered politicians who are angry at losing the 2015 general elections and have sworn to make the country ungovernable for PMB.