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Odoba vs Obu crisis: Och’Otukpa steps in as Benue intercommunal clash intensifies
The Och’Otukpa, H.R.H Chief Sunday Ekele, has wadded into the Odoba vs Obu crisis which claimed three lives with properties worth millions of naira destroyed in his domain.
IDOMA VOICE reports that a certain young man from Obu-Otukpa who came for a birthday party in Odoba was hacked to death during a quarrel. A reprisal attack from his ‘kinsmen’ resulted in two other deaths from the Odoba community.
As a follow-up, the Och’Otukpa, H.R.H Chief Sunday Ekele, visited Odoba community on Sunday morning (28 March) in a bid to calm the frightening situation.
Accompanied by the Anawogene of Ai-Oono H.R.H Chief Raphael Agada, the Och’Otukpa condemned the unfortunatel incident and ordered investigation into the matter.
The royal fathers selected some elders and stakeholders from the Odoba and Obu communities to discuss the way out of this dangerous situation.
Meanwhile, the police have also commenced investigation into the matter.
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