Delta Community Disowns ‘Militant’ That Threatened to Assassinate Buhari

By Sylvester Idowu in Warri

President General of Orogun community in Ughelli North Local Government area of Delta State, Chief Josiah Ntekume, has said that a self-styled militant leader, who  threatened to assassinatel President Muhammadu Buhari did not hail from that area.

The self-styled militant leader, who identified himself simply as Ogheneghochuko, had in a video that has gone viral on social media, threatened on July 7th 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 claimed to be from Orogun and leader of Biafra Avengers 2, also demanded for Biafra nation in the 8.55 minutes video. He used derogatory words against the President and threatened to unleach violence against the state and solicited for youths in the South-east to join any unit of his group closest to them.

But the President General of Orogun community, Chief Josiah Ntekume, said since the video became viral, an investigation conducted in the area revealed that there was no such person from there. He implied that the man might be a Biafra sympathizer from the South-East claiming Urhobo as a subterfuge.

“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.

Ntekume noted that Orogun, an Urhobo kingdom, is a peaceful community and that the self-acclaimed militant mentioned Biafra in the better part of his address whereas Orogun is in Ughelli North area of Delta State.

“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 condemn the action”, he said.

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