Policemen Blindfold, Kill Delta Chief Inside ACP’s Office, Youths Demand Justice
The contents of the petition revealed the following; that on November 26, 2011, at Beeland Hotel, War Chief Ogbe Onokpite was gruesomely murdered by a police team from Area Commander’s office, Warri.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Dec 29, 2020
A chief in Delta State, Ogbe Onokpite, was handcuffed, blindfolded and killed by some policemen attached to the Warri Area Command of the State Police Command.
SaharaReporters learnt that youths in Warri, under the Urhobo New Face Youth Association, angered by the killing, petitioned the Inspector-General of Police through their Attorney, Eriata and Partners, to demand justice for the deceased.
Murder of Delta gov’ship candidate: Judicial panel of inquiry receives evidence
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By Gab Ejuwa
Delta State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality and Extra-Judicial Killings has received evidence on the murder of former governorship candidate of Citizens Popular Party (CPP) in the state, Chief Ogbe Onokpite.
An affidavit stating the facts of police brutality and extra-judicial killing of Onokpite, signed by Ben Okpo Onokpite and presented by their counsel, Odiana Eriata, urged the panel to call on the government of Delta to direct the office of the Attorney General to ask the Director of Public Prosecution to prosecute the indicted police officers as investigated by the police and also compensate the late Onokpite family.