HAPPENING NOW! IPOB Gives Army More Information On Those That Slaughter 16 Soldiers, SEE Where They Can Be Arrested
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) maintains its stance that the youths of Okuama community in Delta State are not responsible for the killing of soldiers who were on a peacekeeping mission.
The tragic incident unfolded when 16 soldiers, including high- ranking officers, were ambushed and killed while attempting to mediate clashes between two communities in the state.
Deployed to the Bomadi region, the troops from the 181 Amphibious Battalion responded to the conflict in the Okuoma community. However, they were met with violence, resulting in the loss of lives including a Commanding Officer, two majors, one captain, and 12 soldiers.
Despite initial reports implicating the youths of Okuama community, IPOB contends that they are not the perpetrators of this heinous act.
Reacting, IPOB’ s spokesman, Emma Powerful, in a statement said: ” The global family and movement of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) ably led by the great liberator Mazi Nnamdi Kanu condemn the Nigerian Military invasion and genocide against the peaceful riverine community of Okuama of Urhobo in Ughelli south LGA of Delta State.
” According to the reports, Nigerian soldiers went to Okuama community for a supposed peace talk in a minor but prolonged dispute between them and the Okoloba, an Ijaw community in Bomadi LGA Bayelsa State. When the military arrived at Okuama, the villagers welcomed and entertained them.
“Later in the day, more reinforced soldiers entered the community with gunboats and killed more people. Again, on 15th March the irate soldiers went back to Okuama community and razed down the entire community. The entire Community has been displaced with no one to bury the murdered people.
“For record purposes, those Nigerian Army personnel they claimed were killed in Delta State were not killed by Okuama youths. NO Nigerian Soldier was murdered by the Okuama community.
“There were reports that suggest that the soldiers were murdered by Sea pirates, and their bodies were recovered along the Forcados River. If this is the case, why then did Soldiers invade peaceful and defenceless communities to mass murder people and raze down their houses?
“The Nigerian government must constitute a panel of inquiries to unravel the truth behind the military genocide against the Okuama Community in Ughelli South LGA of Delta State. “