Metro Kokori women in nude march for Kelvin 'King of Kidnappers'

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PHOTO CREDITS: Vanguard

Hundreds of women from Kokori in Ethiope-East Local Government Area of Delta State, joined by youths, last week, embarked on a nude protest demanding the withdrawal of soldiers on “internal security operation” from the community.

Kokori is the country home of Delta suspected kidnap kingpin, Kelvin Oniarah, arrested September 25, by a combined team of Department of State Service, DSS, and the army, while staying in an hotel in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State.

Despite the expressed wrath of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan over the alleged support they gave their suspected kidnapper- son, Kelvin, the women maintained that the community was being marginalized as stated by the alleged kidnap kingpin and asked the governor to develop Kokori .

According to Vanguard, the women were angry that they were prevented from selling in the market, penultimate Saturday, by soldiers who upturned their wares for allegedly selling food items to the boys causing problem for the government, were further infuriated by the report they received when they got home that soldiers broke into the community shrine for the second time and destroyed every object at sight even after the chief priest, Michael Omonigho, had been taken into custody.

The women complained that the schools in the community, health centre and markets that had been forced to shut down because of the siege to the town by soldiers . They also accused the soldiers of chasing away their husbands and desecrating their custom and tradition, the women.

Acting on unconfirmed information that soldiers wanted to demolish the Igban shrine, the women formed a human shield around the shrine and prevented them from purportedly executing the mission.

They further broke into the monarch's palace, where they deposited caskets .Caskets were also deposited homes of some prominent sons of the town. The women allegedly went round went round the community half naked raining curses on soldiers, their monarch and the government.

The protest was led by the oldest woman in Kokori.