WHAAT! Delta Youths Didn’t Kill 16 Soldiers? SEE What Happened Before Their Community Was Burnt Down
Contrary to the wide reports that some soldiers were killed by youths of Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, some investigative journalists, on Sunday, debunked the narrative.
PidomNigeria, an investigative platform, faulted the killing of women and children by soldiers in reprisal attacks on the community.
The platform also faulted the burning of the community, saying that the 16 soldiers were ‘ killed on the open river very far from Okuama, and their bodies were recovered along Forcados River’ .
PidomNigeria said: ” The Nigerian Army personnels weren’ t killed on Okuama soil. They were killed on the open river very far from Okuama, and their bodies were recovered along Forcados River. So why burn houses of innocent villagers in Okuama? Why not go after the militants who killed them. Also, Okuama people have denied the killing. ”
An indigene of Okuama community, Onajite Idiaphoro, in an interview with Newsnet said the men who invaded his community with a Tantita gunboat burnt all the houses in the community.
He alleged, ” We were holding regular Community on Thursday when some men in Army uniforms and carried by Tantita Gun boat invaded the meeting demanding to see our community chairman.
” As soon as our chairman was identified, the men said that they were taking him to Bomadi for questioning but the community women resisted the approach because Okuama is under Ughelli South Local Government Area and the chairman did not commit any crime neither the community that demands military invasion.
persons instantly and injuring “The men started shooting killing two persons instantly and injuring many persons before driving away.
Mr Idiaphoro said that after the first shooting, residents of the community, especially the men started moving out fearing the worst could happen later.
” After four hours later, the men came back with many gunboats, shooting sporadically into the community and killing many persons including women and children before burning houses, ” he lamented.
“How our people who are mere fishermen and potato farmers have guns to fight, talk less killed a whole 15 Army officers as wrongly reported? He queried in a weak tone.
At this point, he burst into tears saying,
“Okuama community has been at the receiving end of the crisis with Okoloba as former NIMASA boss, Patrick backed by former Militant leader, Tompolo have boys to kill us”.
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