Chief James Whisky, a member of Ogor Traditional Council of Chiefs, has been allegedly manhandled by a group of soldiers allegedly sent by a brigadier-general (name withheld) over the ownership of a piece of land situated along Ekuigbo-Eruemukowhoarien Road in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.

Narrating his ordeal in the hands of the general’s errand men on his hospital bed, Whisky presented documents and facts to prove his claim on the ownership of the land.

He explained the suffering and pain he underwent in the hands of the soldiers in attempt to carry out the orders of their master whom he described as a greedy and power drunk army general.

According to the chief, “On that faithful day, I went to drop off my wife at the Ughelli Central Hospital where she works, when a van full of soldiers trailed and accosted me at the hospital gate and without any further explanation bundled me from my own car like a common criminal into their waiting van and took me to an unknown bush where my hands and legs were tied together to a tree for over eight hours and on gun point took away N27,000 cash from my pocket, promising to waste or kill me if I dare raise the alarm.

“They sent some of their men to go and buy some bottles of beer and were drinking there and pouring some of the liquid content from the beer bottles on my face and on the injuries they inflicted on me.

“It was the GOC Commanding the 222 Battalion, Agbarha-Otor Army Command, who got the information and rushed down to rescue me but the suffering, humiliation, pain and shame did not just end there, I was further detained for another ten hours at the army barracks cell until I was allowed to go but with stern warming never to step or be seen around my own landed property if I ever value my life.”

Whisky said that it was after his release that he went to report the incident to the police who gave him the necessary documents and took him to central government hospital, Ughelli for treatment. (Daily Independent)

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