[Video] They Didn’t Come For Peacekeeping– Okuoma Youth Narrates Why They Killed Slain Soldiers
One of the youth of the Okuoma community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State has narrated in a viral video why they killed the 17 soldiers who reportedly went to their community for a peacekeeping mission.
According to the youth, who should be in his mid- 20s, he claimed that the deceased soldiers were on a different mission order than peacekeeping, hence they had to wipe them out in the manner they did.
He gave further explanation on what transpired that fateful day and the days before. He confirmed that his community, Okuoma, and their rival, Okobolo were fighting over a piece of land. However, Okobolo is an Ijaw community so they had the backing of Tompolo who allegedly used soldiers to deal with them.
He alleged that some soldiers came earlier and picked up three people from their community and slaughtered them. It was when they saw other soldiers coming again to pick their commander that they resisted. He then confirmed that they killed all the soldiers in the process.
[Video] They Didn’t Come For Peacekeeping– Okuoma Youth Narrates Why They Killed Slain Soldiers| image 7
He said: ” Okuoma and Okoloba have land issues but Ijaw people whom the federal government have given power to go after bunkery are using the Army to guide their products to the point of sales. They used the Army to pick people from the Okuama community.
” The three people taken were slaughtered, and now they are coming back to pick community leaders and you know that once community leaders are captured; the youths are powerless.
Those soldiers were not in Okuama for peacekeeping, they were fighting in favor of Tompolo who ordered them to do so.
In his previous video, he admitted that the soldiers they killed might not be the ones who slaughtered the first three persons from their community. He however maintained that they have reasonable reasons to suspect them since Tompolo is allegedly involved.
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SAHARA REPORTERS