By Jose Oby 
Properties Destroyed, Residents Displaced as Tensions Rise in Warri South LGA.
Omadino, Warri, Delta state.
The people of Omadino Community in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State have raised alarm over continued attacks and incursions into their territory by Ijaw armed groups from Gbaramatu, with the most recent incident occurring on Saturday, May 24 at Ajajelebe, Akpata Ogheye.
According to community reports, several houses and properties were destroyed during the attack, while food supplies and other valuables were looted.
The residents allege that operatives of Tantita Security Services—a pipeline surveillance firm owned by High Chief Government Ekpemupolo (Tompolo), an indigene of Gbaramatu—are being used to facilitate these assaults.
Speaking to newsmen on Sunday, Roland Yomere, the Chief Priest of the Omadino community, lamented the repeated violence and recalled how indigenes were forced to flee their ancestral homes during the peak of the Warri crisis over 24 years ago. He expressed concern that renewed efforts by the community to rebuild their homes are being thwarted by armed militants allegedly backed by Gbaramatu interests.
GOVERNMENT ACCUSED OF INACTION
Chief Yomere strongly criticized both the Delta State and Federal governments for what he described as their failure to protect the oil-rich Omadino community. He noted that previous appeals to authorities have yielded minimal or no response, further emboldening the attackers.
“We have consistently called on the government to intervene, yet nothing meaningful has been done,” Yomere stated. “Our people are being pushed to the brink.”
“WE WON’T GIVE UP OUR HOMES”
Reaffirming the community’s resolve, Chief Yomere emphasized that all Omadino communities remain under the lordship of the Olu of Warri and vowed that the people would never abandon their ancestral land.
“The indigenes of Omadino will continue our efforts to develop our communities. If they like, they can keep attacking us—we will keep building in all our coastal areas,” he declared.
The Omadino community is now calling on government at all levels, security agencies, and stakeholders to urgently step in and end the persistent hostilities threatening peace and development in the area.