Killings, Power Tussle Over Oil in Delta Community

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Since Last Month, Fierce looking soldiers, with armored personnel carriers, APCs, stationed at strategic locations, have been on the alert at the oil -rich Ekpan community in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, following a dusk to dawn curfew slammed on the community by the state government as a result of the uprising and butchery by rival youth groups, which has claimed at least 16 lives.