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Crisis In Otulu-Ogwashi-Uku: Community Accuses Police Officer Of Aiding Criminal Activities

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"67zT3Hbf" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The Otulu-Ogwashi-Uku community in Delta State has raised serious allegations against a police officer&comma; ASP Dan Musa&comma; accusing him of abuse of office&comma; aiding criminals&comma; and contributing to a deteriorating security situation in the area&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"4dj2eQVV" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The community claims that ASP Musa&comma; attached to the IGP Monitoring Unit&comma; has been actively collaborating with a wanted fugitive&comma; Mr&period; Francis Oduwanor&comma; to carry out unlawful activities&comma; including attacks on local residents&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a petition addressed to the Nigerian Police Service Commission which our reporter reviewed&comma; the community detailed a recent incident in which ASP Musa led an armed invasion of Otulu-Ogwashi-Uku&comma; accompanied by Oduwanor and a group of suspected cultists&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2024&sol;09&sol;23&sol;as-nigerians-buy-petrol-at-over-1-nairalibyans-buy-at-52-naira&sol;">As Nigerians Buy Petrol At Over 1000 Naira&comma;Libyans Buy At 52 Naira<&sol;a><&sol;p><div class&equals;"aVQJI3kH" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The group reportedly targeted the home of the community’s traditional chief&comma; Mr&period; Anthony Enurah&comma; a respected elder who was forcibly arrested and held for several days&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21160" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;09&sol;IMG-20240926-WA0014-250x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"250" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The community alleged that while Enurah was detained&comma; Oduwanor and his associates looted his home&comma; subjected his wife to a brutal assault&comma; and have continued to terrorize the area&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Eyewitnesses claim that when local police from Ogwashi-Uku responded to calls for help&comma; they were attacked by Oduwanor’s gang&comma; despite the presence of the officers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some of the thugs were arrested and taken to the police headquarters in Asaba&comma; but were reportedly released shortly afterward on the orders of ASP Musa&comma; further escalating fears of a breakdown in law and order&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Our community has been living in fear since this incident&comma;&&num;8221&semi; a resident stated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;People are being forced out of their homes&comma; their belongings taken at gunpoint&comma; and we feel completely abandoned by the authorities who are supposed to protect us&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The community has also revealed that Mr&period; Oduwanor&comma; who has been declared wanted by the Inspector General of Police&comma; continues to evade justice despite multiple arrest warrants issued against him for crimes including firearms offenses&comma; attempted murder&comma; murder&comma; and armed robbery&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Delta State Security Council had previously ordered his arrest&comma; yet he remains free&comma; allegedly under the protection of ASP Musa&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a further alarming development&comma; reports have surfaced that ASP Musa has requested the transfer of all police files relating to ongoing criminal cases involving Oduwanor’s associates&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>These cases are currently being prosecuted at the Delta State High Court&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Otulu-Ogwashi-Uku community fears that transferring these case files to ASP Musa could cripple the legal process and obstruct justice&comma; further entrenching lawlessness in the region&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Community leaders are now calling for urgent intervention from the Nigerian Police Service Commission&comma; the National Security Adviser and Inspector General of Police to prevent the situation from escalating into full-scale violence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They have expressed deep concern that unless swift action is taken&comma; the current unrest could spiral out of control&comma; with potentially deadly consequences&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are pleading for justice&comma;” another resident said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If this continues&comma; we fear bloodshed&period; We need the authorities to step in and stop this lawlessness before it is too late&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Nigerian Police Service Commission is yet to respond to the petition or provide an update on any investigations into the allegations against ASP Musa&period; The community&comma; however&comma; remains resolute in its demand for accountability and the restoration of peace and security in Otulu-Ogwashi-Uku&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"autorelaxed" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1004305389"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; 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