My son is a freedom fighter – Kelvin’s

My son is a freedom fighter – Kelvin’s
dad
on october 24, 2013 at 10:00 am in news
By Emma Amaize
WARRI — MR. Duke Ibruvwe, the fugitive father of
suspected Delta State kidnap kingpin, Kelvin
Ibruvwe, nabbed September 25 by a combined team
of soldiers and Department of State Services, DSS,
in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has said that his son
was neither a kidnap kingpin nor an armed robber,
but a freedom fighter.
In an affidavit in support of originating application
before a Federal High Court, Abuja, by his son and
co-suspect, Frank Azuekor, seeking an order for
the enforcement of their fundamental human rights,
he said: “Twenty-four hours after the arrest of the
applicants, reports were made in several national
dailies wherein the applicants were labelled as
robbers and kidnappers.
“The applicants are not robbers, neither are they
kidnappers, but are sincere liberators and freedom
fighters, who are struggling for the improvement of
the standard of living of the impoverished people of
Urhobo-land and for the future of the unborn
generations of the Urhobo people.”
He said his son did not commit any offence known
to law for crying for the liberation of his people from
poverty, saying, “The applicants are innocent
citizens, without any criminal record and have not
been arrested or convicted for any crime. The
applicants were arrested and are currently in
detention for an offence they do not know.”
Kelvin’s father said his country home, Kokori in
Ethiope-East Local Government Area, was host of
several flow stations and oil wells, belonging to
Shell Petroleum Development Company and other
multi-national oil companies, stressing, “the only
land owned by my father, who is the grandfather of
the FirsttApplicant, was taken over by Shell
Petroleum Development Company for the purpose
of oil exploration and the said location is currently
known as Kokori/Ehrioke Oil field.”