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BREAKING: Okuama Community Leader, Pa Oghoroko Tortured To Death In Nigerian Military's Detention

The detained President-General of Okuama Community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, Pa James Achovwuko Oghoroko is dead.

Oghoroko, one of the community leaders arrested by the Nigerian military since August 2024, reportedly died in the military detention on Wednesday, SaharaReporters reliably gathered.

According to top sources, he died following excessive torture and alleged inhumane treatment.



News of Pa Oghoroko's death was broken on Thursday by leaders of Okuama at an emergency meeting of the Community.



The community leaders also decried that another detained leader, "Pa Dennis Okugbaye, is presently battling with a life-threatening ailment in the undisclosed military facility".



SaharaReporters learnt that the news of Pa Oghoroko's death has thrown the entire Okuama community into mourning.



SaharaReporters had reported that Pa Oghoroko, the President General of Okuama community was arrested between August 18 and 20, 2024 alongside Prof Arthur Ekpekpo, Chief Belvis Adogbo, Dennis Okugbaye, Pa Anthony Ahwemuria and Mrs Rita Akata, and all of them have remained in an unknown detention facility till now.



The Okuama community, had in August this year, through their lawyers filed suit No: FHC/WR/CS/84/2024 between James Oghorokor and other versus the Nigerian Army and two others "demanding N100million for their illegal detention".



The community had earlier, on the heels of the demolition and destruction of Okuama community after the killing of 17 soldiers, approached the Federal High Court, Warri, through their lawyers led by Chief Albert Akpomudje SAN and others, to seek redress.



The community through their learned Counsel filed Suit No. FHC/WR/CS/41/2024, FHC/WR/CS/42/2024, and FHC/WR/CS/42/2024, the suits are now being consolidated.



At its last sitting on 20th November, 2024, the Federal High Court had adjourned the bail application of the arrested leaders to the 9th December, 2024 to hear the motion.



However, before the return date, one of the Claimants, Pa Oghoroko, was said to have given up the ghost on Wednesday, 4th December, 2024 in the military detention without being charged to court since their arrest in August.



Meanwhile, Chief Albert Akpomudje SAN, who is leading the community's legal team has described the news of the PG's death as "disturbing", adding that he "will meet with the family members and his team to know what steps to take next".

When people call this country a zoo or jungle some so called patriots/government apologists will come online to rebuke u and even insult u because they don’t know where ur pain is coming from.

Just look at! The army arrested these community leaders since August, detained them in their facility (which is illegal by the way ) and refused to charge them to court .

Now let us all agree the military is headed by animals in human skin, but what about the civilians heading the courts ?

The families of the detained community leaders approached federal high court to challenge the illegal detention of their relatives but the court kept adjourning to hear their bail application till one of them died on December 4 and the next date of hearing is December 9.

The crazy thing about this is that it can happen to anyone; u can be a victim of circumstance and u will be kept incommunicado from ur loved ones till u give up the ghost like this man. His only crime was being a community leader of a community where the killings of soldiers happened . The army cannot prove they were involved in the killings because if they can, they would’ve charged them to court . Military detaining people for 4 months plus without trial is illegal no matter how u want to look at it .

These things only happen in societies where rule of law don’t apply .

popizaino:
The thing is this,my money is in CFA, and any drop in dollars equally affects the CFA. It has dropped more than #200 between monday and today. I want to pay someone i own 6.5m this month as promised by me. 2M cfa will almost pay that money,but the CFA dropping fast. So i don't know if i should count my loses and just change and pay and plead with the person to give me more time hoping it might rise back.

Na Ibime go fit help u with an advice on this . I really don’t much about CFA vs USD vs NGN

maik99:
Said a whole lot of nothing
But others have said that’s how you people do, so I’ll move on

When u run out of something to say , u run along .

Na jeje I dey converse with another person before u jump into my mention . I present u with superior argument and u start foaming in the mouth going on and about nothing .

U want to drag a player that’s been consistently been on PFA team for 2 consecutive seasons with a player that’s not. It’s okay to love ur team player but it’s another thing trying to force others to believe he’s what he’s not.

iamoyindamola:
You know those days we will play our hearts out and end up losing
We are now winning back to back
E they pain them

The funny thing is they all agreed they were not expecting to win the match before kickoff o…..Suddenly after final whistle they started wailing and whining about losing to two corner kick goals .

Instead of criticizing their team and the coaching crew for not neutralizing arsenal’s corner kick strategy , dem Dey use complain disturb person .

Shebi we played the same 13 corner kicks against inter Milan and didn’t even score 1.

engrelvis:
We v quality players bro. Amorim just need to instil in dem what he want. U saw how RVN liciester destroy West Ham yesterday. These r d same liciester shitty player dt v been fcking up. looserpool was wobbling when klop left but with same players they r currently toppin d league. What so special about saka or Nunes or even Gakpo?.

The people that know ball know what is special about Saka. It’s okay if u don’t see it.

maik99:
You could say everything but there’s no way you believe your Odegaard is better than Bruno Fernandes

I could litter here with a full page of posts from ur fellow utd fans on this very thread who had a whole lot to say about Bruno’s game play .

I mean i don’t even need to prove anything at all, the fact speaks for itself . Odegaard on the other hand gets the commendation of both fans and his fellow professional players .

For your information, Odegaard was made 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 PFA team of the year . If you still think Bruno is better than him as of today , I don’t know what else to tell u.

engrelvis:
lf Martines or Luke Shaw had played l dnt think this wud v happened. l DNT really v high regard for Arsenal even loserpool. A high pressing Newcastle nearly rattle dem yesterday. Even during Fergie time when Arsenal was Arsenal dey do beat us inspite of our quality as dt time. l v watched Amorim 4 matches n believe me we will be stronger when we meet again. So again l will remind u.D team to fear this season is Chelshit.

Sure , Amuru’s team will get better and he will sign more players to replace some of ur dead woods . But as of today , u can’t claim Arsenal players don’t have more quality than Man utd’s man to man.

I mean u guys don’t have CB’s as reliable as ours ,You don’t have any winger pulling the strings Saka does; You people even complain about the inadequacies of Bruno’s game while everyone knows the kind of quality Odegaard possesses .

When ur players are up to that level u are wishing they are , I will surely acknowledge when the time comes . For now, baba relax . 🧘

iamoyindamola:
We listen we don't judge

Apparently we were on par with these people on set piece conversion until yesterday
Hypocrite set of people

Na that 2-0 Dey pain them .

Anybody seeing them crying about corner kick this season would think we didn’t score from the corner last year when we pipped them 3-1.

The thing is they wanted to be able to boast that they held us to a draw despite still in the rebuilding process , but Arteta and Jovas said NO! 😂

engrelvis:
No wahala. l will remind u of dis when we meet aresenal again

It’s not about when we meet again bro.

If a Loserpool supporter says the quality of Arsenal players is not superior to Loserpool’s , I won’t argue because I can see quality players in all department for their team .

But man utd that u guys were still debating the best defensive lineup u can come up to stop Arsenal players …. Haba! Just yesterday there were permutations about Evans, Maguire, Mazzaroui, De Ligt, etc on this same thread .

Baba no Dey lie to urself . Man pass man.

iamoyindamola:
Omo pain wan injure these guys

They will cry today , cry tomorrow and cry forever .

Their tears is very very delicious . If they had held us to 0-0 and later score 90 mins + goal like man city did, I’m sure they would’ve celebrated .

When u don’t let people trash u like they used to in the past , they will begin to complain about ur tactics like say dem prevent them from using same tactics .

https://www.nairaland.com/8285819/fg-fires-togo-benin-degree

FG sacks graduates of private universities from Togo and Benin republic.

But seriously I don't understand why anybody will leave Nigeria to study in mushroom universities in French speaking countries.

popizaino:
I wanted to ask,should we still keep our foreign currency or go do some panic changing. I dey hot sit right now.

If u sell ur dollar what will u use the naira to do? Spend it ? Use it to buy an asset?


Like itsrm suggested, if u didn't buy the dollars when it was above N1,500/1$ you shouldn't sell it. If you got the dollar when it was relatively lower, then keep ur dollar.

engrelvis:
l still stand by my words . ln terms of players dey r nt beta than us. Their strength is team work, beta understanding of themselves. Another monster dt is gradually developing is Chelsea.

Baba let this go.

None of ur CB's are as good as Saliba and Gabriel. In fact, if all our players are fit and united players are equally fit, our backline trumps united's hands down in terms of the player quality.

This is not about past glory or players beyond their prime. Saka is there in attack and Odegaard is there in midfield. It's not just about team work, we have players that have been playing consistently well and showing their quality in the past 2 to 3 seasons.

mostob:
We area different team when we have everybody available. The injury to Martin really affected us but the needless red cards affected us more. Also, it is high time we stop questioning some transfer decisions. Calafiori and Timber transfers were questioned then but now, we can see how much they have improved us.

I think Ben White is the only one out for now.

I don't really think anybody questioned Calafiori's transfer considering how good he was at the Euros, In fact most fans were happy we got him ahead of other suitors who saw how good he is.

As regards Timber, I'm also not really sure there was much concern about his transfer....If any, it will center around Arsenal signing a defender when most people we feel we are thing upfront.

Odegard is the fulcrum of our attack, I won't be surprised if Real Madrid come with big money to lure him back to the Bernabéu.

As usual Martinelli does really good in the defensive side of the game but continues to remain average attack wise. He had a chance yesterday which I believe Trossard in that same position would've made count like he did against Loserpool 2 seasons ago.

Theflint1:
Knowing the way things run with that crowd, most likely no be even Okhebolo send the guy the town crier job e dey do, but it's something he knows the man would appreciate and a path to warming his way into the man's circle...bad as e bad e go press 200K enter e hand.

All these inspection e dey do na IGG...his real legacy would be felt in the many pepper soup and Gulder joints in the city, that's the only thing he has to offer.

Una no get choice(at least for the next 4 years), the only thing u can do is to hope he works and does better than Obaseki infrastructure wise

odizeey:
Corners are not the only set pieces. Hehehe.

If you've been watching arsenal well enough, u would've seen Arsenal scoring corner kicks and free kicks . Against PSG Saka even scored a freekick that was supposed to be nodded-in but due to the positioning our players in the box, the keeper was fooled and ball landed at the back of the net.

The bottom line is we are getting value for the money spent on our set-piece coach. When u people get it right with ur own set piece coach, u will see how sweet it is

Leyqute:
We just signed a new coach. We still dey figure things out.

If we want to throw a spanner in your works, we’ll just bid for your corner kick coach. Title race over.

lol

If we don't give u, how will u take it?

Your current set piece coach na former Arteta Nwa Boy o. If Arteta allows Jovas to go then u should be scared cos he definitely has found someone better niyen o.

izzou:


[color=royalblue]But wetin be the problem with that clip?[/color]

The video is actually funny because that guy is just clowning about. When peerson no be Ooni of Ife wey dey carry announcer/town crier go every occasion to announce his arrival.

Leyqute:
Yes, you were reduced to corners. Na lie? I still don’t understand why you’re posting epistles.

Everything you don type this morning go don enough for chapter 1 of MSc dissertation. On top say Arteta turn Tony Pulis. Na wah.

Una no dey pay una own set-piece coach salary ?

afrodoc2:
Bro that his statement did not need the epistle you dropped.

It wasn’t even an attack on Assanal but just drawing some positives for our team from the game.

If anything, it was showing respect to Assanal that we were able to somewhat limit the chances of a free scoring side like you guys.

That's a tongue in the cheek post he made; like some of our goals have not been coming from corner kicks.

Make he no dey disguise. Arsenal has a set piece coach and Man utd also has a set piece coach, there's no need to whine about Arsenal winning via set piece.

Leyqute:
I posted one line saying you relied on corner kicks and you replied with an epistle.

Are you ashamed of your Tony Pullis style or what? You’re a glorified Stoke City. Own it and move on.

No, u said u reduced us to corner kicks as if we didn't score corner kick against u last season in the same game Gabriel Jesus dribble Dalot soul commot him body.

We've been scoring corner kicks against teams and they didn't whine about it. If u are not good enough to stop arsenal corner kicks just accept it and move on.

We played 13 corners against Inter Milan(exact same number against Man utd) and we didn't score any .

Baba just chest the L and move on. Like iamoyindamola suggested, please take the positives from the game(whatever that is)

Theflint1:
Lol, I don see am, the sort of fooling you get from a stark illiterate as governor.

He should give the guy commisioner for special duties. Yorubas have saying " Okunrin to'n sun rara fun okunrin egbe e, ako ise lo'n se" ( Meaning A man who sings high praises of his fellow man, no be small work he dey do)

Leyqute:
Don’t be silly.

All your dangerous chances came from corner kicks. You guys crowded the box, jostling and shoving and hoping a deflection or something else gets the ball inside the net. Timber even had to push Hojlund to get the first goal and the second goal was a deflection.

You had just one shot on target from open play- Havertz effort that was saved by Onana, and that came after you guys were two goals ahead.

The game was very cagey and I’m not saying that relying on corner kicks like Stoke is a bad thing. But the least you could do is admit it. Monkey no fine but him mama still like am.

Shey una dey hear paw paw talk ?

At 0-0 Partey lobbed a pass to Timber who cut back to Odegaard inside ur box 18 before Rice rifled a shot that was deflected to corner. I believe that's not a dangerous chance abi?

You like talk well well, cos if not how will u be calling a team u shared ball possession with 50/50 Stoke city? I guess that makes ur team stoke city Taiwo and Arsenal Stoke City Kehinde

Anybody seeing u whinning about corner kick/set piece would think one of the 2 shots on target u managed to have didn't come from a set piece too.(De Ligt's nodding). I guess if u had scored that u would have no problem with Arsenal scoring corners ba?

Thefint1 have u seen this ?

https://x.com/lawrenceokoropg/status/1864294741434663210?s=46

Leyqute:
Not a bad game. Cagey. Reduced Arsenal to corners. But we didn’t create many chances, and only had a couple of shots on target.

Should get better with time. Onwards and upwards.

Reduced Arsenal to corner kwa? 😂. Even last season when Jesus dragged Dalot’s soul off the pitch , we still scored corner against united .

Yesternight the ball possession was 50/50

Arsenal had more shots on target 6 -2

Arsenal had 5 shots blocked and united had 0 blocked shots .

Arsenal and united had the same number of shots off target 3-3

Arsenal’s keeper was called upon to make just 2 saves while Onana had to bail United out 4 times .

I put it to you that you didn’t reduce Arsenal to anything you are imagining right now ; you only survived conceding just 2 goals with 3 CB’s . It could’ve been worse .

It’s an indictment on ur attackers that they couldn’t force one single corner out of Arsenal’s defense throughout the whole game .

mostob:
Oh..I thought as much. He might be relieved of that duty when White comes back.

Just that yesterday, I can count like two corner kicks that a taller player who have connected with but Timber couldn't because of his height.

It is all good sha.

I think the team is improvising really well.

When we have all/most players fully fit , things will definitely get better than we are seeing .

I hope everyone now sees that the dark patch we had earlier this season was due to injuries dealing us a big blow and not necessarily because Arteta is clueless .

One thing I’ve noticed is that this current Arsenal team has two major assets ;1. Fully fit first team players and 2. Arteta and the management team’s tactics . It appears as though the two assets are complementary .

For the first time ever, Arsenal have beaten Manchester United four times in a row.

All with Mikel Arteta at the wheel.

Credit : BBC Sport

mostob:
Nice game yesterday...

However if Timber was a few inches taller, we would have scored more from corner yesterday. Made me wonder the usefulness of Kai during CKs (maybe he is a decoy). I really wish we get his brother (Quinten) for that LM this January.

We had a slow start but it is understandable because this United's team was a banana peel. One need to be cautious. However, the misplaced passes were worrisome coming from experienced heads like Saka, Party and Odegaard.

I really hope Gabi's injury is not serious and will be back for the weekend. Same as Calafiori.

Havertz job in corner kicks is to ruffle up defenders , create confusion amongst his markers with hos height and wait for any rebound .

If u notice well, he’s mostly not the target of any of our corner kicks . He does the Ben White dark arts ; albeit in a more refined way since they have criminalized the dark arts thingy this season in the EPL

iamoyindamola:
That zinchenko is getting useless by the day
We better sell him off before he turn scrap

Tomiyasu always getting injured is not helping matters too.

On paper it looks good keeping Calafiori as starting LB, Tomiyasu his deputy and Zinchencko a squad player . But when those two are out one starts seeing Zinchencko’s defensive frailties .

iamoyindamola:
Even gabu shock

😂😂😂😂

Gabu be like : U sabi play like this before ? Na im u make Arteta Dey use me every match every minute ?