{"id":1715,"date":"2022-03-15T12:32:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T11:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes557122118.wordpress.com\/2022\/03\/15\/breaking-gunmen-invades-delta-community-kills-one-injures-several-others-over-land-dispute\/"},"modified":"2022-03-15T12:32:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T11:32:19","slug":"breaking-gunmen-invades-delta-community-kills-one-injures-several-others-over-land-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2022\/03\/15\/breaking-gunmen-invades-delta-community-kills-one-injures-several-others-over-land-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Gunmen Invades Delta Community, Kills One, Injures Several Others Over Land Dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Coastal News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"541\" height=\"375\" data-attachment-id=\"1714\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2022\/03\/15\/breaking-gunmen-invades-delta-community-kills-one-injures-several-others-over-land-dispute\/1-1-21-541x375-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1-1-21-541x375-2.jpg?fit=541%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"541,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1-1-21-541&amp;#215;375.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1-1-21-541x375-2.jpg?fit=300%2C208&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1-1-21-541x375-2.jpg?fit=541%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1-1-21-541x375-2.jpg?resize=541%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1-1-21-541x375-2.jpg?w=541&amp;ssl=1 541w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1-1-21-541x375-2.jpg?resize=300%2C208&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chukwuwike Alawo, a member of the Aboh-Ogwashi vigilante group, was shot and killed by gunmen in Ogwashi-Uku, Asaba, Delta State, on Monday morning, March 14.<br \/>The conflict happened between the Ogwashi-Uku village in Aniocha South Council Area and its neighbors, the Ibusa community in Aniocha North, both in Delta State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The attackers stormed the Okwabani of Aboh-Ogwa Ogwashi&#8217;s (meeting hall) in three vehicles on Monday morning, March 14, and shot sporadically, according to reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This morning (Monday), I got a call from the head of the vigilantes and chairman of land recovery that individuals arrived with a bulldozer to the jungle and the instant the gang spotted them, they fled,&#8221; Jude Obidi, the Okwabani of Ogwashi-Uku Kingdom, who corroborated the occurrence, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;He said the hoodlums left a bag with guns, which I instructed him to take to a police station,&#8221; I said. &#8220;Another call I received from them was that the people shot Chukwuwike dead. &#8220;On their route to the station, the hoodlums reinforced and came in three vehicles and started shooting indiscriminately. Nnamdi Nwaebonnor, the vigilantes&#8217; leader, and many others were hurt.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The act, according to Obidi, was a direct and unprovoked attack on his people.<br \/>DSP Bright Edafe, a spokesman for the State Police Command, confirmed the attack on the &#8220;Ogwa&#8221; and the death of the vigilante member, noting that an inquiry into the incident had begun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coastal News Chukwuwike Alawo, a member of the Aboh-Ogwashi vigilante group, was shot and killed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[72,216,253],"class_list":["post-1715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-news","tag-breaking-gunmen-invades-delta-community","tag-injures-several-others-over-land-dispute","tag-kills-one"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1-1-21-541x375-1.jpg?fit=541%2C375&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1787,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2022\/03\/23\/how-gunmen-laid-siege-on-otokutu-community-raids-homes\/","url_meta":{"origin":1715,"position":0},"title":"How Gunmen laid Siege On Otokutu Community, Raids Homes","author":"Coastal Times","date":"March 23, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Coastal News On Monday night, suspected gunmen surrounded the tranquil Otokutu hamlet in Udu Local Government Area for more than four hours without police or military intervention. 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