At least two persons were shot dead and several others wounded during a political rally, held over the weekend at Ogbe-ijoh headquarters of Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State.

Unconfirmed report had it that people from Aladja, a neighbouring community, perpetrated the dastardly act during the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign, a situation that caused stampede and worries.

Though the identity of the victims were not immediately known at the time of this report, feelers from Ogbe-Ijoh community, pointed accusing fingers at Aladja people.

It was gathered that PDP supporters in Ogbe-Ijoh had trooped to the boundary of Aladja and Ogbe-Ijoh to welcome multitude of the party faithful who were coming to campaign the day of the incident.

The two communities have been at war path for decades where a lot of lives have been wasted and properties worth billions of Naira destroyed.

The Ogbe-Ijoh monarch, His Majesty, Couple Oromomi could not be reached for comment but a lot of Ogbe-Ijoh indigenes who do not want names in print condemned the blood thirsty attitude of Aladja people as they described them as aggressors who have refused to abide by the several peace process organized by the state government.

Meanwhile, the President-General of Udu community, Chief Godwin Notoma has described the peace process between the people of Aladja and neighbouring Ogbe-Ijoh as that of the graveyard.

According to him, the state government is not sincere to end the lingering crisis that has taken a lot of lives and properties.

Notoma in a chat with newsmen said it is worrisome that the state government has failed to take proactive measures to halt the bloody crisis.

He said what is left is the completion of demarcation which government has failed to complete adding that as soon as that is done; peace will be restored between the two warring communities. (Daily Independent)

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