The police in Delta State handed over the monarch to army officials on Friday morning
The traditional ruler of Ewu Kingdom in Ughelli South LGA of Delta State, Clement Ikolo, who surrendered self to police, has been taken away by the Nigerian army.
Ikolo was declared wanted alongside seven others over the ambush and murder of 17 army personnel in the state on 14 March by armed men suspected to be residents of Okuama Community.
Those ambushed and murdered included the Commanding Officer of 181 Army Amphibious Battalion, two majors, one captain and 13 soldiers.
The troops were ambushed and killed while responding to a distress call arising from a clash between Okuama and Okoloba communities in the South-southern state.
In response, the Defence Headquarters, on Thursday, declared eight suspects wanted, including Ikolo, over the murder of the army personnel.
The Nigerian army flew Ikolo to their headquarters in Abuja on Friday, according to a report by Vanguard newspaper.
The police in Delta State handed over the monarch to army officials on Friday morning, the paper reported.
Meanwhile, some top officials of the Nigerian army and those of the police in the state were said to have accompanied Ikolo to Asaba International Airport, from where they departed to Abuja.
The monarch, it was learnt, was flown in an Air Peace aircraft, which departed at about 9 a.m. on Friday to the nation’s federal capital territory.
