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From Ben Dunno, Warri
The body clash between rival youths group over the control of assets and revenues in Igbide community, Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State has claimed one life, while three others, including the current youth vice chairman, were critically injured by unknown assailants.
Investigations, however, revealed that the situation would have been worse, but for the timely intervention of soldiers attached to 181 Amphibious Battalion, under 63 Brigade Command in charge of Defence Company at Oleh, in conjunction with other security agencies who moved in swiftly to curb the crisis.
It was learnt that the community youth leadership had been polarised by those loyal to the factional Executive which had engaged in supremacy tussle over who controls both the assets and revenue accruing from developmental projects or businesses in the area.
Community sources disclosed that the trouble that led to the shootings, which claimed a life and rendered many injured, started since the weekend when a decision was reached that one of the factional leaders, who was involved in dredging, should make his tax payment and other levies through the leadership of the rival executive.
Irked by the decision to impose the other executive on them, the camp of the opposing executive vowed to unleash hell in the community, should the majority of the indigenes fail to recognise them as the authentic executive in the area.
He further hinted that due to the show of force, normalcy had since returned to the troubled community.
