Gunmen abduct another Delta monarch, two others

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Barely three weeks after the kidnap and subsequent killing of Ubulu-Uku Monarch, Edward Akaeze Ofulue III, in Delta State, another Monarch, in Olomoro Community, Isoko South Local Government Area of the state, HRM Isaiah Aghaza I, was in the early hours of Friday kidnapped by gunmen.

It was gathered that the monarch’s abductors stormed his palace, heavily armed with AK47s, and ordered him into a waiting vehicle that had no number plates.

Sources said that the kidnappers numbering over six, kidnapped two other unidentified persons in the community before zooming off.


“Olomoro King HRM Aghaza I, was kidnapped in the early hours of on Friday from his palace. His abductors took off to an unknown destination with a dark-green Range Rover Jeep,” said the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Celestina Kalu, confirming the abduction.

“Efforts are being made to track down the culprits.”

Currently, there is growing fear in the state, after two monarchs and about six others were kidnapped in barely six weeks in the state.
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