1 Dead As OPC Men Engage Militants In Ikorodu....4 Arrested...... Photo of the abducted and rescued landlord

The Rescued Landlord... Daniel

Four members of the Nigeria-  Delta militants ,who have been terrorizing residents of communities around Igbo Olomu area of Ikorodu in Lagos State have been arrested by members of the Ogbagba zone of  Oodua  People's Congress in Ikorodu West. 


The OPC members engaged the millitants in a force gun battle around  Yewa community in Igbo Olomu and facilitated the release of two landlords in the area ,who were  earlier kidnapped  by the gunmen .


Sadly an OPC member was killed but other members of the Yoruba group succeeded in arresting four members of the hang ,who were handed over to the divisional police officer in charge of Owutu Police Station ,who later handed them over to the area commander in charge of the area .


It was gathered that the OPC members from Ogbagba zone responded to a distress call that the milllittants  had invaded  Yewa area of Olainu Kan ,where they kidnapped two people, including a landlord, simply identified as Mr Daniel Akpughe.


The OPC responded and caught up with the militants ,who had by then relocated to part of the creek and a serious clash ensued between the two groups . The abducted members of the Lagos community were rescued .


The militants regrouped and waylaid the OPC members on their way back ,killing one of them ,Tunde Sogunro in another round of gun duel 


An OPC leader ,who commented on the incident under the condition of anonymity said " people have been saying all sorts of things about OPC not doing anything  about the militants in Yoruba land " .


He continued that " now we have lost one of our members  but people will not come out and say that OPC rescued two people, who were kidnapped by the Niger Delta militants. Nobody will come out now and say something about compensating his family " .


The OPC leader also expressed the readiness of the group to tackle the menace of of the militants  He said ' we have always expressed our readiness to collaborate with other security agencies . We know the terrain more than them They need to invite us and discuss with us ,before we can do anything "


Femi Atiku, the coordinator of Ogbagba zone of OPC in Isawo confirmed the incident to our correnpodent and expressed the condolence of the group to the slain member. 

The corpse of the dead has been deposited at an Ikorodu mortuary.