Tension has mounted in Oghior community, Udu local government area of Delta State as suspected oil bunkerers and security operatives drafted from Ovwian division were involved in a gun duel.
The local vigilantes in the area were allegedly chased from the community by the suspected oil bunkerers and their security post at Oghior junction burnt down.
The community asked the state and federal governments to rescue them from the menace of the hoodlums.
It was gathered that the security operatives had arrested a truck ladened with crude with the owner who took them to Oghior deport where the product was loaded. When contacted, the police public relations officer, DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed the incident.
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