Update From Okuama Community: Houses Burnt After K*lling Of Soldiers
According to another version of the story, Soldiers of the Nigerian Army visited Okuama, an Urhobo riverine community in Ughelli south LGA of Delta requesting to see the Community shrine and their Chief priest.
Two people, an advanced man and a boy of 15 years approached them to ask what could be the issue. The village has been reportedly having communal issues with Okoloba, an Ijaw community in Bomadi LGA.
On approaching the Soldiers to seek answers, the soldiers sh0t them unprovoked, caused chaos and left.
The news got to the community and there was rage everywhere.
The youths organised themselves for a reprisal attack on the soldiers, k!lled 12 of them on the same night.
This morning, Soldiers entered the community in large numbers and started burning houses in the community.
The whole village is now empty.
Source: Oriental Times
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