{"id":8189,"date":"2016-03-13T11:14:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-13T11:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=8189"},"modified":"2016-03-13T11:15:54","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T11:15:54","slug":"raid-on-ekpan-agbofodoh-accuses-army-of-looting-about-n20m-worth-of-cash-property-from-his-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=8189","title":{"rendered":"Raid on Ekpan: Agbofodoh accuses Army of looting about N20m worth of cash, property from his house"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Newton.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8190\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8190\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Newton.jpg\" alt=\"Newton\" width=\"160\" height=\"209\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaymu.com.ng\/fashion\/?utm_source=pap&amp;utm_medium=aff&amp;utm_campaign=3ff1af8a&amp;a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=3ff1af8a\" target=\"_top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/accounts\/default1\/a72f75b38\/3ff1af8a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/scripts\/a72f75i38?a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=3ff1af8a\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/code><\/p>\n<div>CHIEF Newton Agbofodoh, the Unuevworo of Ekpan, has said the Friday military \u2013 police joint raid on Ekpan in Uvwie local government area, of Delta State was targeted at him after three of his sons were arrested and his home vandalized.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.konga.com\/cooking-baking-ingredients?utm_source=affiliates&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_term=cooking-baking-ingredients&amp;utm_content=17_11_2015&amp;utm_campaign=cooking-baking-ingredients&amp;k_id=Omafume&amp;k_bid=fd480db9\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"\/\/konga.postaffiliatepro.com\/accounts\/default1\/bo3dhla\/fd480db9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/konga.postaffiliatepro.com\/scripts\/io3dhla?k_id=Omafume&amp;k_bid=fd480db9\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Security operatives, speaking through Brig. Gen. Farouque Yahaya, Commander, 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, and Alkali Usman, Delta Police Commissioner, said the raid, simultaneously carried out in Ebrumede and two other Uvwie suburbs, was to mop up illegal arms, but Agbofodoh countered that it was instigated by his face-off with the state government.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Ekpan chief stated, \u201cIn early hours of March 11, 2016, soldiers and police men, without a bench warrant, invaded my house. \u201cThey claimed it was an arms mop up operation. They didn\u2019t find one incriminating object breaking into my house but they vacated my home carting away N1.4m cash and five 32\u2033 LG plasma televisions. 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