Terrible! Soldiers kill bride's
mother on wedding day
– A particular bride’s mother named
Akparobi Orobogha was on Saturday, April
30 allegedly killed by a soldier in Delta state
– The soldier was said to be among those
deployed to ensure the restriction on
movement during the last Saturday of the
month environmental sanitation exercise
– The ugly incident occurred around Jakpa
junction of Uvwie local council area of Delta
state
Information had it that Mrs Orobogha was
asked to stop by some soldiers, while she
was inside a tricycle bringing her from the
wedding ceremony at a roadblock. The rider
of the tricycle however did not stop.
Men of the Nigerian army
Information from family members of the
murdered woman who narrated the ordeal,
said one of the soldiers fired a gunshot at
the tricycle as the rider tries to run away,
thereby killing the bride’s mother.
Alero, the first child of the late woman, who
spoke from Ekpan police station, where the
incident was reported, explained that the
allegedly murderer-soldier was taken away
by men of the military Joint Task Force
(JTF), as against reports that he was
arrested.
While explaining further, Alero said:
“They have not arrested the soldier. JTF
whisked him away. His colleagues that were at
the road block together are now at Warri Area
Command. It was my mom that was shot, not
my sister that is wedding today. She was
coming from the wedding.”
It was about a week ago that, a four-year-old
girl died after being shot in the face at home
allegedly by her father.
On the other hand, information obtained
from the army was totally different from the
one narrated by the deceased’s family
members.
A high ranking army officer, who pleaded
anonymity, from 3 Battalion of the Nigerian
army, Effurun Barracks of Delta state,
dismissed the allegation, saying nothing of
such happened. He said it was a bayonet
that was fired that accidentally pierced the
woman.
The senior military officer said the soldiers
that fired the bayonet have been
apprehended by the military for further
investigation.
The Delta state police also spoke about the
incident, stating that: “It’s not in our place to
give an expert opinion on what it really was;
whether a gun wound or a bayonet wound.
“It is when they must have done the autopsy
that autopsy report will tell us what it really
was. But the matter is still under investigation,
no arrest has been made yet.”
mother on wedding day
– A particular bride’s mother named
Akparobi Orobogha was on Saturday, April
30 allegedly killed by a soldier in Delta state
– The soldier was said to be among those
deployed to ensure the restriction on
movement during the last Saturday of the
month environmental sanitation exercise
– The ugly incident occurred around Jakpa
junction of Uvwie local council area of Delta
state
Information had it that Mrs Orobogha was
asked to stop by some soldiers, while she
was inside a tricycle bringing her from the
wedding ceremony at a roadblock. The rider
of the tricycle however did not stop.
Men of the Nigerian army
Information from family members of the
murdered woman who narrated the ordeal,
said one of the soldiers fired a gunshot at
the tricycle as the rider tries to run away,
thereby killing the bride’s mother.
Alero, the first child of the late woman, who
spoke from Ekpan police station, where the
incident was reported, explained that the
allegedly murderer-soldier was taken away
by men of the military Joint Task Force
(JTF), as against reports that he was
arrested.
While explaining further, Alero said:
“They have not arrested the soldier. JTF
whisked him away. His colleagues that were at
the road block together are now at Warri Area
Command. It was my mom that was shot, not
my sister that is wedding today. She was
coming from the wedding.”
It was about a week ago that, a four-year-old
girl died after being shot in the face at home
allegedly by her father.
On the other hand, information obtained
from the army was totally different from the
one narrated by the deceased’s family
members.
A high ranking army officer, who pleaded
anonymity, from 3 Battalion of the Nigerian
army, Effurun Barracks of Delta state,
dismissed the allegation, saying nothing of
such happened. He said it was a bayonet
that was fired that accidentally pierced the
woman.
The senior military officer said the soldiers
that fired the bayonet have been
apprehended by the military for further
investigation.
The Delta state police also spoke about the
incident, stating that: “It’s not in our place to
give an expert opinion on what it really was;
whether a gun wound or a bayonet wound.
“It is when they must have done the autopsy
that autopsy report will tell us what it really
was. But the matter is still under investigation,
no arrest has been made yet.”
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