Former Chairman, Uvwie Local Government Council, Mr Henry Baro has join the race for the House of Representatives for the Sapele, Okpe and Uvwie constituency under the All Progressive Party(APC)
It will be recalled that Mr. Baro was declared wanted over his alleged involvement in the invasion of the Shoprite in Effurun Delta state in 2016
However, Henry Baro denied the report and in a press statement said, “I didn’t go to shoprite, in fact I have never stepped into that Mall after the commissioning where I was present. A trailer had an accident with my car and made away.
Unluckily for them, traffic got them stuck near the roundabout about, as I wanted to understand why they didn’t bother to check with me ; the driver came down and was begging that it was his motor boy, I was all alone
and didn’t not even want to further the case; thereafter a naval personnel on mufti attached to shoprite came
across the road to meet us and asked what was the matter.
I simply asked to know his identity and he flared up asking me if I was mad and warned me not to ask him again;
frankly , I told him it was important he introduced himself, but he held my t-shirt against my neck so tightly like a thief and brought out a dagger; he then beckoned on his colleague who crossed over the road to meet us with a gun
and they forcefully took me to their shoprite duty post.
My simple crime is who am I to ask for his identity; the colleague used his gun to destroy my Toyota venza side mirrors and anything glass and drove it to their yard. While all these was going on onlookers had raised alarm and
bunch of Uvwie sons and mostly my supporters trooped in to rescue me and on seeing the mammoth crowd, he took a dock into the mall and frankly they went after him in protest.
At this point it was still under control until other criminal elements hijacked the protest and it became riotous.
However, I sincerely apologise for the accident. I am not an advocate of violence let alone robbery. Again, am so so sorry. My core supporters would never do such ugly stuffs because they know my interest in that Mall from land acquisition through construction and completion without single case of breach of peace . The whole incident is regrettable but this is the gist…….
