Udu Vigilante Accused of Violent Abduction, Looting of N450,000 from Publisher’s POS Shop

The Chief Executive Officer, CEO/Publisher of Niger Delta Mirror Newspaper Online, Comrade Charlse Oyinbi Onduku who also doubled as the Vice President of the revered ljaw Publishers Forum (lPF) has petitioned the Nigerian police force, especially the Divisional Police Officer Ovwian over unlawful abduction, brutality and alleged extortion by members of the Ovwian anti-cult group on saturday the 4th of October, 2024 in Udu LGA, Delta State.

In a statement forwarded to our correspondent on Monday by the victim through his lawyer, Omes Ogedegbe (Esq.), in Warri…”called on the Commissioner of police Delta State to as a matter of urgency unravel the culprits of the dastardly act in a view of bringing justice to the victim.

Briefing his lawyer on what transpired on that fateful day, Onduku stated that on Saturday the 4th of October, 2024, he and his female visitor was in his barbing Saloon located at Sakilo Street, off Old Ekete road, Ovwian when about four aggressive Anti-Cult Vigilantes members stormed his barbing Saloon and dragged him alongside his female visitor who is an honorable member in Bomadi LG Council at gunpoint into their waiting Sienna van at about 8:45pm in a manner that smacks abduction without given any reason for their action.

In the cause of the abduction, Onduku and his female visitor were tortured after shooting a teargas canister into their eyes and were threatened to be killed if they refused to cooperate and follow them to the Ovwian police station.

Onduku further collapsed after his left eye, which was operated due to a medical challenge was hit and teargas, and ever since, he couldn’t sleep and was on medication due to the serious pains of the eye.

Meanwhile, due to the intimidation and brutality by members of the anti-cult vigilantes, Onduku was not allowed to lock up his shop, hence upon his return from the station, the sum of Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N450,000) kept in his shop for his Point of Sales (POS) business was looted.

However, read below full details of the petition.

OGEDEGBE & OGEDEGBE

(Superior Chamber) LEGAL PRACTITIONERS/ACTIVIST House 5 Human Right Arena by Victory School, Opposite Plantation City, Otokutu. Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State.

Email: omeslaw vaboo.com Tel: 09015544908/08067503820

7th October, 2024

THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
DELTA STATE POLICE COMMAND,
ASABA.

ATTENTION :
THE DIVISIONAL POLICE OFFICER
POLICE DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTER,
OVWIAN,
DELTA STATE.

SIR,

IN THE CASE OF ABDUCTION, BRUTALIZATION OF ONDUKU CHARLES OYINBI, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE IJAWS PUBLISHERS FORUMBY MEMBERS OF THE OVWIAN ANTI-CULT GROUP ON THE 4TH OF OCTOBER, 2024.

We are solicitors to Onduku Onyibi Charles who shall herein after be referred to as our client on whose firm instruction and behalf we hereby write and deliver this letter to you.

It is our instruction that our client is a respected law-abiding citizen and the vice president of the reverend Ijaw Publishers’ Forum (IPF) and editor in chief of Niger Delta Mirror news outfit. He also owns and operates a barbing saloon and a Point of Sales (POS) outlet.

1. That our client was on the 4th of October, 2024 in his barbing saloon located at Sakilo, off old Ekete road, Ovwian, Delta State when about four armed members of the anti-cult volunteers stormed his shop and dragged him with them alongside his female visitor with his at that point in time which was about 8:45pm in a manner that smacks of abduction on allegation of being among the people who vandalized their patrol van.

2. That they raided some other persons in the area with whom they paraded our client within the area and beyond for several hours before they were taken to the police station when they were made to part with the sum of twenty thousand naira only.

3. That our client and his girlfriend were subjected to severe brutality as his left eye was bruised and the said eye just underwent an operation and they teargas the same eye leading to his collapse that led to his release from the police detention facility.

4. That at the point of moving our client from the shop, he was not allowed to lock up the shop as the same was deliberately intended to justify the looting of his shop as the sum of four hundred and fifty thousand kept in his shop for his POS business was also carted away by them.

We demand justice.

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IGHO OGEDEGBE, BSO