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Police Arrest Dozens After Assaults at Alue-Do Fertility Festival

5/3/2026

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Police arrested more than a dozen suspects after women were assaulted at the Alue-Do fertility festival in Ozoro, Delta State.
Police and community leaders say criminal elements hijacked the festival, separating the violence from the ritual.
Local leaders claim reports of widespread rape are false, stressing the festival’s symbolic blessings for couples.
Student Ezeugi Ijeoma Rosemary said she was stripped, assaulted, rescued by a bystander, and remains traumatized.

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Police arrested more than a dozen suspects after women were assaulted at the Alue-Do fertility festival in Ozoro, Delta State.
Police and community leaders say criminal elements hijacked the festival, separating the violence from the ritual.
Local leaders claim reports of widespread rape are false, stressing the festival’s symbolic blessings for couples.
Student Ezeugi Ijeoma Rosemary said she was stripped, assaulted, rescued by a bystander, and remains traumatized.