Oborevwori threaten stiff actions against traditional rulers who shield murderers of military personnel

Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, yesterday, cautioned traditional rulers in the state against shielding perpetrators and accomplices involved in the killing of 17 military personnel in Okuama community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state, saying those covering criminals are inviting trouble to themselves. Oborevwori gave the warning when he addressed traditional rulers on the incident at the State Traditional Rulers’ Council Secretariat in Asaba, said the act of killing soldiers was alien to the state, and described it as barbaric, inhumane, and unacceptable. He vowed that those who committed the evil act must be made to face the full wrath of the law. He said no kingdom should shield the perpetrators of the act, adding that Delta is governed within the tenets of the rule of law and human decency.