The decomposing, beheaded body of a
youth in the Gbamaramatu kingdom in Delta
state, Solomon Ikoto, who has been missing
for some weeks, was reportedly discovered
inside the Warri river in Delta state yesterday
August 3rd.
According to Gbaramatu Voice, a cousin of
the deceased, Peter Ebime, identified the
beheaded body as that of 37 year old
Solomon Ikoto who went missing since July
13th. Peter said that the outfit that was seen
on the body of the deceased was the same
outfit his deceased cousin wore when he
left their house the night he went missing.
He said the deceased and himself lived in the
same house.
38-year-old Solomon and 37-year-old
Samuel Monday were declared missing on
July 13th after they were reportedly
abducted while going about their
businesses along the Ovwian/Aladja river in
Delta State.
One of the leaders in Gbaramatu kingdom,
Sheriff Mulade, accused the youths in a
neighboring community, Aladja, of
masterminding the abduction and killing of
the deceased. He said despite this act, the
youths in Gbaramatu community would not
retaliate.
“Gbaramatu people have no issue with
Aladja neither Urhobo nation; Gbaramatu is
not at war with any communities of Urhobo,
neither is Gbaramatu is at war with Aladja.
The Ijaw people are not at war with Uhrobo
people, neither are Urhobo people with the
Ijaws. For Aladja to go that extreme of
abducting and beheading persons all in the
name of communal crisis is highly
condemnable! I condemned it in its
entirety.” he said
He noted that such an incident could have
led to serious ethnic crisis if not that
Gbaramatu people are peace loving and law
abiding.
The decomposing body of the deceased has
been taken to the morgue while the police
have commenced investigation into the
matter.
