{"id":16757,"date":"2017-11-11T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T13:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=16757"},"modified":"2017-11-11T19:20:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-11T19:20:55","slug":"murder-of-british-missionary-delta-community-laments-they-have-chase-away-our-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=16757","title":{"rendered":"MURDER OF BRITISH MISSIONARY: DELTA COMMUNITY LAMENTS, &#8220;THEY HAVE CHASED AWAY OUR ANGELS&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_2688\" dir=\"ltr\">Hundreds of wailing residents of Enekorogha Community in\u00a0 Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State,\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_158136545\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Friday<\/span><\/span>, held a mournful procession, lamenting that the &#8216;angels&#8217; sent to rescue them from diseases and death have been killed and chased away.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_2930\" dir=\"ltr\">They therefore called on the federal and state governments to save them from avoidable deaths and the possible invasion of the community by remnants of the arrested militants who kidnapped the Britons early October.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_2942\" dir=\"ltr\">The procession, comprising women, men, children, youths and the aged all clad in black attires, also called on security agents to effect the arrest of leader of the kidnappers, one Karoewi who&#8217;s currently at large.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_2943\" dir=\"ltr\">The protesters, armed with placards with varying inscriptions on their grievances, said the death of British missionary, Dr. Ian Squire in the hands of his abductors and the return of his colleagues to the United Kingdom after their release was a setback to the community.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_2944\" dir=\"ltr\">Leader of Enekorogha community, Prince Michael Ogobiri, who led the procession of mourners to the house of Dr Squire where he lived with his colleagues, said the absence of the Britons was a minus to the well being of the community.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_2945\" dir=\"ltr\">According to him, with the clinic established by Dr David Donavan at a standstill now, the health of the villagers are at grave danger as the nearest medical facility to the community is at Bomadi some two hours drive.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=15042&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_2946\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Dr Ian&#8217;s death is a painful death to the entire community. We&#8217;re at risk of common diseases, God was using the white men to save is from.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_2947\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Here, there&#8217;s no health centre. We have to cross the river and board a bike to Bomadi for medical attention. Their absence means we&#8217;re in grave danger.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_2948\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;We&#8217;re not happy about their death. We&#8217;re mourning his death that&#8217;s why we are sending message to his family and the crew members.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_2957\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;They&#8217;ve been helping us in terms of medical care for children, women, aged in all the villages.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_2958\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;We want the world to know that we&#8217;re against what happened to the Britons. We are totally against it. It&#8217;s a great loss to us.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_2959\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The death has led to the closure of the clinic. Everything is shut down. The loss of Ian is pains to us.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_2973\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;We want security agents to ensure that Karoewi is brought to book. If Karoewi is still existing, then we&#8217;re not safe.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_2965\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;That means other foreigners who may want to come and assist us will not come because of Karoewi,&#8221; Prince Ogobiri lamented.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_3200\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_2961\" dir=\"ltr\">Other women, elders and children, who spoke to\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_158136546\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Saturday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Tribune during the procession, also lamented the death of Dr Ian and the return of the other crew members to the UK.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_2960\" dir=\"ltr\">They described the death of Dr Ian and the exit of Dr David Donavan and the new foundation clinic crew from the community as a loss of a great gift from God to the community, calling on the missionary foundation to return to the community.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_3247\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_3256\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;They&#8217;re a gift to us from God and somebody from nowhere has come to kidnap that blessing from us,&#8221; an elderly man in the village enthused.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_3278\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_3274\" dir=\"ltr\">Meanwhile, \u00a0it was gathered that the deceased and other crew members of the foundation had earlier rejected the local security provided by the community on the ground that there was no need for it.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_3280\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_3273\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;We had set up a local vigilante for them before, but they rejected it because they said they believed in God and they&#8217;re missionaries.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_3340\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_3008\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8216;We never believed such could happen. They&#8217;ve been here since 2007.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_2985\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;They came this time to sensitize communities on free eye clinic coming next February,&#8221; Prince Ogobiri further disclosed.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_2987\" dir=\"ltr\">The Britons, David Donovan, his wife Shirley and Alanna Carson all well as Dr Ian, were in Nigeria to offer cataract operations and eye check-ups to people of the Ijaw community.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yqtfd56706\" class=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yqt0361464310\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_3009\" dir=\"ltr\">As of October 13 when they were kidnapped, 100 patients were said to have been pencilled in for cataract operation next February while four indigenes of the community had been trained abroad to compliments efforts of the missionaries.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_2989\" dir=\"ltr\">It will be recalled that one of the suspected kidnappers was killed in Sapele during a shootout with operatives of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team led by Assistant Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari, while two others were arrested from Warri late\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_158136547\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Wednesday<\/span><\/span>.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_2991\" dir=\"ltr\">However, one of the two sergeants, Sergeant Sanusi Lanre, who was shot in the abdomen and as reportedly died\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_158136548\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Friday<\/span><\/span>.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_3298\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_2993\" dir=\"ltr\">He was reported to be recuperating after he was operated upon at about\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_158136549\"><span class=\"aQJ\">3:00a.m<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_158136550\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Thursday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0and was said to have received four pints of blood.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_3360\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8061918370795068113yiv3639284455yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510389669594_2997\" dir=\"ltr\">PPPRO Andrew Aniamaka of the Delta State Police Command, confirmed the development, saying the other officer, Sergeant Agunbiade Adebayo, who was shot in his two hands, is recuperating.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IAN-SQUIRE-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16758\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IAN-SQUIRE-2-279x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IAN-SQUIRE-2-279x300.jpg 279w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IAN-SQUIRE-2.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of wailing residents of Enekorogha Community in\u00a0 Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State,\u00a0on Friday, held a mournful procession, lamenting that the &#8216;angels&#8217; sent to rescue them from diseases and death have been killed and chased away. 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