The leadership of the Ewu Clan Development Forum of Ewu-Urhobo Kingdom, on behalf of the Okuama-Ewu community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu, the Chief of Defense Staff, CDS, Christopher Musa, and the Nigerian Army, to allow the people of Okuama-Ewu access to their The Forum, in a report by the president-general, Chief Samuel Adjedjor, and secretary-general, Pastor Edewor Egedegbe, to the military Board of Inquiry, set up by the Defense Headquarters, said: “The leadership of Ewu Development Forum cannot speak on behalf of Okuama-Ewu community on the killing of the 17 soldiers and officers of the Nigerian Army…”

In the report, the leaders attached a letter to the governor of Delta State, Sheriff Oborevwori, dated February 2, 2024, in which the Okuama-Ewu community reported the attack and killing of Messrs. Igho Meshack, Power Awusa, and Okeimute Agbabulaka, and others to him (governor).

They named the mastermind as the one who instigated the communal crisis between the two communities, saying that he and his killer gang had also attempted to murder Kennedy Israel with his purported terror squad and killer squad of the Okoloba community.

According to them, the reason they want Tinubu to grant Okuama-Ewu people access to their community, which they urged the government of Delta State to intervene, was that “the people of Okuama-Ewu community stand a better chance of telling their story/plight to relevant authorities and the general public on the true story of the Okuama-Ewu imbroglio.”