Fresh indications have emerged about the identities of the eight wanted suspects earlier declared by the Defence Headquarters on Thursday in connection with the killing of 17 Soldiers in Delta State.
The Defence Headquarters had early Thursday, declared eight people wanted including Prof. Ekpekpo Arthur, Andaowei Dennis Bakriri, Akevwru Daniel Omotegbo (a.k.a Amagben), Akata Malawa David, Sinclear Oliki, Clement Ikolo Ogenerukeywe, Reuben Baru, Igoli Ebi.
Grassroot Parrot later gathers that the newly-installed Ovie of Ewu-Urhobo Kingdom in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, Clement Ikolo, Urhukpe 1, is among the suspects.
Okuama is one of the many communities under the Ewu-Urhobo Kingdom where the wanted Ikolo is the traditional ruler.
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Also declared wanted is the President-General of Ewu communities and renowned lecturer of Solid State Physics in the Department of Physics, Delta State University, Abraka,, Prof Arthur Ekpekpo.
Also, on the list of those declared wanted is a suspected militant leader, Akevwru Daniel Omotegbono, aka Amagbein.
Soldiers had, a few days after the incident, tracked him to the Igbomoturu community in the Southern-Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State but missed him as he was believed to have gone underground.
On the list also are Atata Malaw David and Sinclair Oliki, who are suspected to be part of the Amagbein gang.
Others are Andaowei Dennis Bakriri and Igoli Ebi, who is supposedly the mother of one of the wanted persons as well as Reuben Baru, a young man, who made a viral video recently, narrating why the soldiers were killed.