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By Hotgist9ja News Desk | Breaking News | Nigeria Photo Credit: Punch Newspaper The Ozoro festival story just took a major new turn — and it is one that is going to divide Nigerians opinion all over again. When videos of women being stripped, chased and assaulted during the Alue-Do festival in Ozoro, Delta State went viral last week, the narrative was clear and the outrage was immediate. Social media erupted. Rights groups condemned it. Lawyers called for arrests. Nigerians demanded justice. The hashtag #StopRapingWomen trended for hours. Now the Delta State Police Command has stepped forward with a statement that complicates the picture significantly — and raises questions that neither side of the debate is going to find easy to answer. Police spokesperson SP Bright Edafe appeared on Channels Television's The Morning Brief on Monday morning and said something that stopped many Nigerians mid-scroll, SP Bright said: none of the four victims interviewed by the police...

By Hotgist9ja News Desk Okay so this one hit different. Videos started surfacing on Nigerian social media — and people couldn't believe their eyes. Young women being chased down the street. Clothes being torn off their bodies. Mobs of young men laughing, celebrating, filming. One lady on a motorcycle dragged to the ground. Another woman running for her life as her dress was ripped off her. Another victim screaming, trying to shield herself from a crowd. This was not a movie. This was not a rumour. This happened in Ozoro , headquarters of Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State — in broad daylight, during what was supposed to be a community festival called Oramudu — and Nigeria has not recovered from the shock since. The videos went viral. The hashtags started trending. The outrage exploded. And by the time the dust began to settle, five people — including the festival organiser himself — had been arrested by the Delta State Police Command. But the bigger c...