Barely three weeks after the kidnap and subsequent killing of Ubulu-Uku Monarch, Edward Akaeze Ofulue III, in Delta State, another Monarch, in Olomoro Community, Isoko South Local Government Area of the state, HRM Isaiah Aghaza I, was in the early hours of Friday kidnapped by gunmen.
It was gathered that the monarch’s abductors who were heavily armed with AK47s stormed his palace, and ordered him into a waiting vehicle that had no number plates.Sources said that the kidnappers numbering over six, kidnapped two other unidentified persons in the community before zooming off.
Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Celestina Kalu while confirming the abduction said “Olomoro King HRM Aghaza I, was kidnapped in the early hours of on Friday from his palace. His abductors took off to an unknown destination with a dark-green Range Rover Jeep,”
“Efforts are being made to track down the culprits.”Currently, there is growing fear in the state, after two monarchs and about six others were kidnapped in barely six weeks in the state.
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