Rainoil Boss, Ogbechie, Ned Nwoko In Fierce Battle Over Community Land

MICHAEL AKINOLA

Two prominent sons of Idumuje Ugboko community in Delta State, the Chief Executive Officer of Rainoil, Dr. Gabriel Ogbechie and Prince Ned Nwoko, are reportedly in serious battle over the community land said to have been acquired by Nwoko.

P.M.EXPRESS reports that the fight was said to have divided the members of the community into factions; while some were said to be backing Prince Nwoko, the rest are on the side of the traditional ruler of the community, HRM, Nonso Nwoko.

However, the battle took another dimension recently when Prince Ned Nwoko wrote a petition to the Police alleging that Dr. Ogbechie paid assassins to eliminate him. Hence, Ogbechie was summoned by the Police for interrogation which went viral on the social media last week and he denied it.

The oil magnate, Ogbechie, stated that the story was a bid to embarrass and tarnish his reputation, stating that he did not know anything concerning the alleged assassination attempt on Nwoko.

In the petition, Ned Nwoko alleged the following:“He is from Idumuje Ugboko and he was allocated land to build on, which he wants to build a University on. The King, who he referred to as Prince Nonso Nwoko, is not in support of the land allocation”.

“Due to some fracas in Idumuje Ugboko, two Idumuje Ugboko indigenes are in detention at the Kuje Prisons in Abuja.”
“A completely different prisoner, who Ned Nwoko mentioned by name, who was also in Kuje Prison, alleged that he overheard the two prisoners, who are from Idumuje Ugboko saying that they have plan to assassinate Ned Nwoko.”
“The third prisoner, known to Ned, also stated that he overheard them saying that they are sponsored by an Oil Magnate.”

According to Ned Nwoko, this third prisoner contacted Regina Daniels, one of Ned Nwoko’s wives, and reported to Regina what he heard in prison.

Ned Nwoko stated in his petition that the only Oil Magnate he knows is ‘Chief Gabriel Ogbechie, who owns petrol stations’.
Ned Nwoko in the petition also alleged that there is a plan to compromise his own lawyer, not to plead his own case properly in Court.
Ned Nwoko also attached a print out of the WhatsApp chats between the prisoner in Kuje Prisons and Regina Daniels.Ned Nwoko signed the petition by himself.

Reacting to the reports, Ogbechie said: “I pointed out to the Police that I have absolutely no idea of what Ned Nwoko was alleging.Ned Nwoko and Regina Daniels are in the best position to explain the relationship between Regina Daniels and a prisoner in Kuje Prisons”.
“I wonder what relationship Regina Daniels has with a supposedly random prisoner to the extent of exchanging phone calls and WhatsApp messages.Besides, the random prisoner, who is apparently an acquaintance of Ned Nwoko family, only alleged that he heard them mention an Oil Magnate.”
“Therefore, the assertion that the Oil Magnate is ‘Chief Gabriel Ogbechie’ is entirely that of Ned Nwoko.I left the Police Station within an hour of my arrival. And I had barely arrived my house in Abuja when the WhatsApp message went out that I had been arrested.”
“It was obviously prepared even before my decision to honour the Police invitation, all in a bid to embarrass and tarnish my reputation.” 

P.M.EXPRESS investigation revealed that since the acquisition of the land by Nwoko, the community has not known peace over the crisis in the area.