Monday 1st Nov.2021:A Pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Sylvester Yerinbide has been shot dead by some unidentified gunmen in the Aladja area of the Udu council of Delta State.
Reports claim that the deceased cleric hailed from a neighbouring community, Ogbe-Ijoh in the Warri Southwest council area of the state.
Yerinbide was reportedly attacked on Friday night by assailants while on his way to a vigil in the Nadja community.
The pastor was rushed to a hospital in the community for treatment by some motorcyclists, he however, died from injuries sustained from the attack.
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) in Ogbe-Ijoh claimed the assailants were from the Aladja community, as Yerinbide noted that his attackers spoke “Urhobo dialect” on his death bed.
However, the President of the Aladja community, Otto Ogbiruveta denied that the killers were from his area, adding that an internal investigation was ongoing.
There have been clashes in the past between both communities , but the state government brokered peace about two years ago. However, there seems to be a renewal of violence.
