ISOKO DEVELOPMENT UNION BUILDING BOMBED BY SUSPECTED YOUTH IN DELTA

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TENSION heightened at Oleh, headquarters of Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State Friday, following the bombing of the National Secretariat of
the the Isoko Development Union, IDU, by suspected youths from the area. The youths, who had earlier invaded the secretariat on 13 August, 2016, blew up the building at about 4am this morning, destroying the entire structure.
By Emma Amaize & Ochuko Akuopha 

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