•Demands justiceOn the evening of January 11, 2021, the Ofa family of Oghara Kingdom, Ethiope West Local Council, Delta State, was jolted by the chilling report of the gruesome murder of Elliot Ofa, a PDP councillorship candidate in Ward 13 of the council. According to his friends, they were attacked by gunmen at Oben, and Elliot was the only one killed in the attack. The Ofa family is convinced that Elliot’s death was premeditated and that the killers made it look like herdsmen’s attack. Elliot embarked on a journey to Asaba for the screening of political parties’ candidates by the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC). Elliot’s body and deposited it at a mortuary in Oben Town without recourse to the police or even the deceased’s family.

Source: The Guardian March 15, 2021 04:07 UTC