{"id":65667,"date":"2019-03-20T21:15:06","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T20:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=65667"},"modified":"2019-03-20T21:15:06","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T20:15:06","slug":"killings-ogoni-declares-amaechi-five-others-persona-non-grata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/killings-ogoni-declares-amaechi-five-others-persona-non-grata\/","title":{"rendered":"KILLINGS: Ogoni Declares Amaechi, Five Others, Persona-Non-Grata"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m-2263214988213537401\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">A socio-cultural group, Ogoni Ethnic Nationality (OEN) has called on the<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and other relevant security agencies to<br \/>\narrest and prosecute the culprits and their collaborators in Ogoniland who<br \/>\nwere involved in the violence and killing of Dr. Ferry Gbaragbe, declaring<br \/>\nformer Governor Rotimi Amaechi and five others Persona-Non-Grata.<\/p>\n<p>Gbaragbe, a senior lecturer and former Chairman of the Academic Staff<br \/>\nUnion of Polytechnics (ASUP), Kenule Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic (Kenpoly), Bori<br \/>\nbranch, was gruesomely murdered by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad<br \/>\n(F-SARS) during the March 9, 2019 Governorship Election in Bori,<\/p>\n<p>OEN, in a statement signed by Dr. Baribe Yorko and issued in Bori,<br \/>\nheadquarters of Khana Local Government Area after an emergency meeting,<br \/>\nthe group described the murder of Gbaragbe as outrageous, sacrilegious and<br \/>\na desecration of the land.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, the group has declared that those Ogonis who led the State<br \/>\nF-SARS Commander, Akin Fakorede and his murderous team to the Bori<br \/>\nCollation Center where Dr. Ferry Gbaragbe was shot and killed has been<br \/>\ndeclared persona-non-grata.<\/p>\n<p>Among those so declared, according to the statement, are former Rivers<br \/>\nState governor and Transportation Minister, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi; Emma<br \/>\nDeeyah, Victor Giadom, George Feyii, Greg Nwidam and Eric Nwibani amongst<br \/>\nothers.<\/p>\n<p>In the statement which was signed by the group\u2019s Secretary, Dr. Baribe<br \/>\nYorko the OEN said they would invoke the gods of Ogoniland to avenge the<br \/>\ndeath of Gbaragbe and other Ogonis who lost their lives during the<br \/>\nelections.<\/p>\n<p>Wondering why an illustrious son of Ogoniland who was carrying out a<br \/>\nlegitimate election duty should be the target of elimination by enemies of<br \/>\nthe people, the group vowed that all those declared persona-non-grata<br \/>\nwould be visited with dare consequences any day they step their feet on<br \/>\nOgoniland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey should better be advised to stay away from Ogoniland.\u00a0 Should they<br \/>\nchose to try our resolve, we assure them that their blood will flow just<br \/>\nlike those of the people they have killed\u201d, the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>On the statement credited to Chidi Lloyd that the death of Dr. Ferry<br \/>\nGbaragbe was an \u2018amateur Nollywood movie\u2019, the OEN described the comment<br \/>\nas the height of a sacrilege, regretting it was not surprised knowing<br \/>\nChidi Lloyd\u2019s antecedent and disregard for human life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is quite unfortunate that Chidi Lloyd rather than empathize with<br \/>\nOgonis who are mourning with a heavy heart, he decided to dance on the<br \/>\ngrave of the man slain by SARS and his party men\u201d, the statement<br \/>\nconcluded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"conversation-footer\" class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A socio-cultural group, Ogoni Ethnic Nationality (OEN) has called on the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and other relevant security agencies to arrest and prosecute the culprits and their collaborators in&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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