Delta State Police Command has denied declaring Chief Jerry Nkeweshe a.k.a Babies wanted for murder of a town crier at Onicha Olona in Aniocha North Local Government Area of the State.
This clarification was made by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe who simply said “That is not police gazette”.
Our Correspondent decided to investigate the matter when the picture of Chief Nkeweshe surfaced on the internet as a wanted person for murder, only to discover that it was the handiwork of mischief makers and individuals who are deliberate on tarnishing the image of the grassroots politician and business man.
However, we discovered that there had been a pending land transaction dispute involving some sections of Onicha Olona community which Chief Nkeweshe was part of.
According to our source from Police Zone 5, Benin City, and SCID Asaba, “no matter of such was reported to us for investigation.
“The case of Murder was not part of the case we are dealing on. Fine, we are handling a land matter at Onicha Olona, but not that someone was beaten and he died. We only learnt from speculations that someone went to beat the gong and it was collected from him and after a few days the man died. It was never reported that he was beaten, hospitalized or murdered; if there is such, they should come up to the police with such complaint so we can investigate”, the source explained.
Meanwhile, efforts to reach the parties involved in the matter had continued to prove abortive until now.
