Heartbreaking! Pregnant Woman Killed In Delta State Communal Crisis

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The 38-year-old pregnant woman identified as Mrs Afor Sammy was allegedly killed in the inter-communal crisis between Igbide and Okpolo-Enwen communities, both in Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta state.
Sources reveal that the communities are at each-others’ necks over land ownership. Sources said the decomposing body of the deceased, a mother of six, was recovered along the bush path behind Owodokpokpo-Igbide Grammar School by members of a local vigilante team. A source, who sought anonymity, alleged that the deceased was attacked and killed in her farm, where she had gone to harvest groundnut, adding that “family of the pregnant woman had raised an alarm when they discovered that she did not return home from the farm. “Consequently, the vigilante team organised a search party, who, after four days, recovered the decomposed body near a bush path behind Owodokpokpo-Igbide Community Grammar School. “The community President was quickly informed and he, in turn, went to inform the police authorities at Oleh.”

Vanguard reports that police immediately sent two operatives to the spot and they were reported to have invited members of the deceased family that identified the corpse to be that of Mrs Afor Sammy.
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