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Friday, March 25, 2016
Police Station Attacked In Warri, Soldier Injured - see photos
The communal crisis between Aladja and Ogbe-Ijoh communities has boiled over with the sacking of a Divisional Police headquarters in Ogbe Ijoh, headquarters of Warri South West Local Government .
The police armoury was also looted in the clash in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State, between Urhobo speaking people of Aladja and ijaw speaking people of Ogbe-Ijoh.
Soldiers from 3rd Battalion had to be drafted into the crisis torn area before sanity was restored.
It was learnt that the crisis which has been brewing since came to the head Thursday over boundary dispute between the two communities leading to shootings and burning of houses.
The soldier who was wounded on Thursday
Security sources disclosed that the police station located in Ogbe Ijoh was over run and its armoury looted during the crisis.
It was gathered that the clash was as a result of alleged attack on Aladja women who were returning from their farms by some Ogbe Ijaw youths last Wednesday.
Aladja youths on Wednesday blocked the only access road leading to Ogbe Ijoh ( also Ogbe-Ijaw)community.
This provoked the clash between the two communities.
A reinforcement of mobile Police men were drafted from Warri to join the soldiers already deployed to the troubled area.
Refugees by Thursday night have been created on both sides of the Ijaw and Urhobo communities
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