“The Blood of an Innocent”: Delta Traditional Ruler Takes Fight for 7-Year-Old Boy’s Justice to the Public”

The monarch of Owa Kingdom, HRM Dr. Emmanuel Efeizomor, has broken his silence over the brutal murder of a seven-year-old boy in Delta State, calling for justice and demanding that the perpetrators be brought to book.

The killing, which has sent shockwaves through the community, is the latest in a series of violent incidents targeting children in Nigeria.

But this one struck a chord for a different reason: the monarch’s public intervention.

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A Community’s Grief

The circumstances of the boy’s death are harrowing.