By Okiemute Okpomor Ogheneochuko, a self- styled militant leader who recently threatened to kill President Muhammadu Buhari and governors of the South East in a video that has gone viral in the social media does not hail from Orogun Kingdom of Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State as he claimed.
The people of Orogun community in Ughelli North Local Government speaking through Chief Josiah Ntekume, President General of the kingdom said that none of its indigenes is a member of the Niger Delta Aavengers or any other militant group.
Chief Josiah Ntekume who spoke in Warri said that the self-styled militant who claimed to hail form their community never existed in their area.
It could recalled that a self-styled militant leader, who identified himself simply as Ogheneghochuko, had in a video that has gone viral on social media on July 7th threatened to kill President Muhammadu Buhari, his family and Governors of the South East region if detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOD) Nnamdi Kanu was not released by month end.
Oghenghochuko, who claimed to be from Orogun and leader of Biafra Avengers 2 also demanded for Biafra nation in the 8.55 minutes video used derogatory words against the President and threatened to unleach violence against the state just he asked youths in the South East to join any of his group closer to them.
But the President General of Orogun community, Chief Ntekume said since the video became viral, an investigation was conducted in the area only to reveal that there was no such person, adding, “having listened to video of the militant and his claim of coming from Orogun, I condemned it in its entirety. having examined it, it is obvious he is not from Orogun. He did not mention his surname. We have been doing internal investigations since on the 7th of July when the video came out and indications shows that he is not one of us, he is not from Orogun.”
Chief Ntekume noted that Orogun, an Urhobo kingdom, is a peaceful community adding that the self acclaimed militant mentioned Biafra in the beter part of his address whereas Orogun is in Ughelli North area of Delta State, he spoke further, “Orogun is in Ughelli North Local Government area of Delta State. We do not belong or subscribe to Biafra ideology. We do not belong to Niger Delta Avengers. Our community should not be dragged into this nonsense. This man is just trying to to drag our peace loving community into the nonsense that is going on. If you listen carefully to the voice, you will know that after mentioning Orogun, every other body language and things he said were geared towards the South East and because he has threatened the President, his family and governors in Biafra region, I want the whole world to understand that he is not from or part of Orogun and we condemned the action.”
The President General said emphatically that there is no militant group in the community and disclosed that they were already working with the security agents to fish out the culprit, adding, “We will continue to work with the security agencies that if he is seen around, he will be apprehended and made to face justice. He is trying to drag Orogun into the nonsense. If he feels he is from Orogun, he should mention his father’s name and compound.”
