A traditional ruler in Delta State, Obi Okwudiki Odumodu, of Asamokwu community, has been killed.
According to The PUNCH, the Police Public Relations Officer of the State,DSP Bright Edafe, stated that the monarch was beheaded in a community crisis that resulted from a disagreement that erupted over the sharing formula of a derivation fund.
He revealed that Odumodu, was killed during the crises that erupted between two communities in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State.
“It was community crisis. They are dragging allocation that came from one of the oil companies in that area.
“The monarch was killed at the point of argument between his community and an adjoining community over the sharing formula of a derivation fund.
“The communities are having disputes over the derivation. The two factions are having a disagreement. So, it is community crisis,” he said.
It would be recalled that The PUNCH, reported that the thugs who beheaded the monarch were also said to have ambushed four soldiers, of whom three were immediately killed, while the other two were taken to the Federal Medical Centre Asaba with injuries.