Asaba Killings: Owelle Of Onicha-Olona Gives Delta Police Command 14-Day Ultimatum To Retract Statement
The Delta State police command has gotten a 14-day ultimatum to retract the statement linking the Owelle of Onicha-Olona, Chief Jerry Nkeweshe to the alleged killing of three youths in Asaba.
The state police command under CP Abaniwonda Olufemi’s leadership is to also offer a public clarification of the allegation or face a legal action for defamation, malicious falsehood, and abuse of office.
Recall that the Delta State Police Command had disclosed that a manhunt has been launched for Nkeweshe and others alleged to have led an armed group that attacked the community on November 24, resulting in the deaths of three youths.
Spokesman for the state police command, Bright Edafe had in a statement on Tuesday said preliminary findings indicated that the embattled chief allegedly led a team comprising vigilantes and suspected cultists — some dressed in army camouflage — to a disputed land along the Asaba–Onitsha Highway in a violent attempt to assert ownership.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned that Nkeweshe, who reacted to the allegations through his lawyer, Kelechi Nnadi on Thursday, denied involvement in the incident while describing the police statement as false and damaging.
‘We hereby issue a 14-day ultimatum to the Commissioner of Police and the Police Public Relations Officer to retract the false and defamatory publication, and offer a public clarification, clearing our client of the allegation.
Failure to comply will leave us with no option but to initiate a legal action for defamation, malicious falsehood, and abuse of office, in addition to filing formal complaints before the Police Service Commission and other relevant oversight bodies.
We challenge the Commissioner of Police, Delta State, to demand the GSM location data of our client on that day.
We restate our calls for a transparent, unbiased, and lawful investigation into the killings. We equally demand that law enforcement authorities refrain from dragging innocent individuals into matters with which they have no involvement.
On the morning of November 24, 2025, Chief Nkeweshe departed Asaba at approximately 8:30 am to attend to medical concerns in Umunede, where he remained throughout the day in the company of credible witnesses, including Mr Ifeanyi Okolo and Mr Emmanuel Anwuzia, among others.
He returned later in the evening and came directly to our law office for a briefing regarding the case involving him, which came up on November 25, 2025, at the Delta State High Court, Issele-Uku.
It is therefore impossible for him to have participated in or led any armed group in Okwe on November 24, 2025.
We call on the Commissioner of Police to clarify his role, including the allegation that meetings were held with interested parties, one of which reportedly took place on November 19, 2025, in his office. If these reports are inaccurate, he is free to publicly deny them.
Chief Jerry Nkeweshe remains a law-abiding citizen and will continue to rely on the justice system to protect his name and constitutional rights’ he submitted-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08035023079, 08059100286, 09094171980. Thank you
