Two pastors’ other halves in Ogwashi-Uku community near Asaba, Delta State (names withheld) inside the early hours of Monday allegedly engaged in bodily combat over politicians’ luggage of rice sharing components inside the region.
It become accumulated that two candidates going for the State House of Assembly in the approaching elections, (names withheld) gave out six baggage of rice to three wards within the community wherein the 2 pastors’ wives befell to have been part of, and had contributed to their campaigns through their numerous church buildings where their husbands serve as pastors.
But this was not to be while the woman leader in the place diagnosed as Mrs. Esther Osakwe allegedly assigned to the 2 pastors’ better halves half of bag, a situation which sparked off hassle amongst them, resulting in a street combat inside the open.
They have been said to disagreed at the sharing components after one in every of them allegedly insisted in going domestic with 3 small basin of plastic rubber measuring for herself three times.
Eyewitness, Amarachi Nwandi stated the duo fought in the open and got themselves injured however for the intervention of policemen from Ogwashi-Uku Police Division who took the two of them to the station, there could were blood bathtub.
But the policemen on the Ogwashi-Uku Police Division who spoke to newsmen on situation of anonymity stated the two pastors’ wives had been being detained for breach of the regulation and order inside the public, including that the duo sustained fatal injuries over the disagreement in sharing the half of bag of rice system.
Sources stated it has been reoccurring decimal among citizens of Ogwashi-Uku community because the flag off campaigns with the aid of politicians who frequently donate luggage of rice, salts to the electorates for sharing as in most instances dangerous guns are allegedly used as a part of the sharing system.
However, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Andrew Aniamaka who confirmed the incident to newsmen inside the place, stated the 2 pastors’ wives were released on bail at the intervention of a high powered baby-kisser (name withheld) who took them on bail with assurances that peace will prevails among them.
Only currently in Asaba community, a few persons dependable to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) allegedly engaged in “trading punches” over sharing formula of 8 baggage of rice donated to them with the aid of the Former Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Chief Peter Awansayan.
It become collected that the PDP loyalists allegedly fought themselves with damaged bottles as of them sustained extreme accidents and were later taken to the health facility in which they were dealt with.
Describing the incident as shameful, a public analyst, Davison Erekah said: “it’s miles shameful for people to fight over baggage of rice, salts from politicians who trust is the only way to shop for up the judgment of right and wrong of electorates, it’s miles certainly shameful and disgraceful”.
