2013 Delta killings: Group seeks speedy trial for suspects, probe of Sen Nwaoboshi
A coalition of civil society and human rights organisations, the Coalition of Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRGG) has urged the Delta State Government to expedite the process of the trial of suspects in the killings of innocent people in Ibusa, Delta State in 2013.
The group also wants a serving lawmaker from the state, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, invited for questioning on the matter.
The National leader of the group, Richard Iyalla, while speaking with journalists in Abuja, said it is high time Nigerians hear the feelings, frustrations and pains about how the killings of innocent Nigerians is being handled by the Delta state judiciary.
The group alleged that on June 20, 2013, a group of cult boys allegedly sponsored by Senator Nwaoboshi, representing Delta North Senatorial District of Delta State, who was the then chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the state rounded up and killed an innocent young Okada rider (Zikara Saswad) and took away his motorcycle. One of the cult boys (Uba Nonso) is still in detention in Ogwashi-Uku medium prison in Delta state awaiting trial.
Iyalla said ‘‘It will also interest the public to know that all criminal cases have been transferred from the State High Court of Akwukwu-Igbo to Asaba in Delta State apart from this case alone with case file No: AKU/13C/13 and charge number 0/21c/13.
“To this end, we are hereby calling on the judiciary to do the needful as justice delayed is justice denied and interrogate Senator Peter Nwaoboshi to immediately answer for this innocent lives and relinquish his position in the red chambers until he is exonerated as we cannot continue to have such elements as our legislators while the lives of youths are lost daily,” he said.
