Ivan Omhonria, a two-year-old kid, was murdered by stray bullets fired by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) agents at Okpanam, Oshimili North Local Government Area. Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori paid a visit to Ivan’s family.
The Governor paid a visit to the family at the Federal Medical Centre in Asaba, where Eromonsele, Ivan’s younger brother, is a year old and is being treated for injuries to his left eye from the Thursday event.
Oborevwori expressed his condolences to the family for Ivan’s passing and assured them that the state would pay for the hospital care. He also gave the order that the family not be taxed financially.
Oborevwori said: “When we heard the unfortunate news we immediately issued a statement calling on the NDLEA authorities and the Police Command to quickly investigate the circumstances, which led to the death of your son and injury to his younger sibling.
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“On behalf of the government and people of Delta State we commiserate with you and your family over the loss of your son, Ivan. We have so much confidence in the police and as you know as they are carrying out their investigation; they will not make the outcome public until they are through with their investigations. So be rest assured that the culprits would be brought to book.
“Once again I commiserate with your family for this loss and am happy that Eromonsele is recovering. Let me also appreciate the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba for the proactive action they have taken so far since the incident occurred.
“I had sent people here earlier to find out what they are doing and I am happy that they were able to save Eromonsele’s life and I know that he will come out strong.”
On his part, the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Wale Abbas said the command would do it’s best to unravel the mystery behind the whole incident.
“We have sent messages to the NDLEA and they have responded and in no distant time we will come out with a report that would be made known to members of the public”, he said.\
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