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Crisis between Okauama community in Old Kingdom
of the Gaily South Local government Area and

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Bocoloba community in Bamadi Local Government Area
of Deltaster took a new twist on Thursday

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as some military personnel alongside others solders
were shot behinden and kidneys harvested by a

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year to be identified armed group who
ambushed the troops while in Okuama community to

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free a kidnapped youth from Okonoba community. It was gathered that the armed group

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opened fire on a team of the
military Joint Task Force JTF who were on

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a mission to rescue the hostage from
the community. There was reports that armed

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men of Okuama community had on wed
ambushed an indigen of Okoonoba community in Bomadi

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Local Government Area over the lingering land
dispute between the two communities. Yes about

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four pm yesterday Wednesday, Okuama youth
slave ambushed again and kidnap one mister Anthony

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Abber from Bocoloba community and took him
to their community. Missed by the precarious

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security situation. The chairman of Okoloma
Community are lected the dp O Bomany Police

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Division, JTF Bomani Division, the
SSS Bombady as well as the civil defense

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costs. Consequently, the JENTTF sweetly
swung into action and moved to Oakuahman to

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rescue the hostage, but on citing
the JTF parsedel the use of Okuama headed

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by high ended mercenaries from various el
communities open fire on them opoon their arrival

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towards the community waterfront, and the
situation is extremely tense at the moment as

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I’m talking to you, the Bombay
JTF commander with one other soldier are reportedly

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held hostage and taken to the creek
towards all and nobody knows their whereabouts.

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More So, detailed early information on
the incident reported on Thursday by Annolimous source.

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Photographs of some of the recovered copses
of the soul in Delta States were

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seen to have been beheaded, while
the stomachs and hearts of brothers were whipped

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off. A video currently trending on
social media indicated that houses are being burnt

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in Oklama community in every kingdom.
The authenticity of the video is yet to

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be completely verified. At the MDDC
jetty in the coastal Delta community, the

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bodies of the commanding officer and the
two killed measures were seen floating by the

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river bank as others were separated on
land. According to residents who accompanied their

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accounts with photographs of beheaded mutilated bodies
recovered from river, The Chief of Defense

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Staff, General Christopher Bussa, has
ordered the immediate investigation and arrest of those

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involved in the killing of a commanding
officer, two merjors, one captain and

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twelve soldiers of one hundred and eighty
one Amphibious Battalion Bomber the local government area

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of Delta State two called Busau they
Attender, Director of Information at the Defense

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Headquarters, said in a statement on
Saturday that sixteen Nigerian soldiers on the peace

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mission were surrounded by newts and killed
on Thursday in Oakuama in the Daily South

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local government area of Delta State.
The Defense Headquarters statements indicated that the troops

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of one hundred and eighty one Amphibious
Battalion Bomari Local Government Area of Delta State,

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while on peace mission to Okuama Community, Delta State, were surrounded by

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some community uths and killed on Thursday, the fourteenth of March twenty twenty four.

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The unfortunate incident occurred when the troops
responded to a distress call after the

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communal crisis between the Okuama and Okonoma
communities, both in Delta State. The

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reinforcement team led by the commanding officer
was also attacked, leading to the death

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of the commanding officer, two majors, one captain, and twelve soldiers.

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The Chief of Defense Staff see me
As General Christopher Guabin Lussa has directed the

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immediate investigation and arrest of those involved
in thehavious crime. The occurrence has been

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reported to the Delta State government.
However, the military remains focused and committed

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to its mandate of maintainance peace and
security in the country. So far,

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a few arrests have been made.
One steps in place to unravel the motive

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behind the attack. Additional details later, a military source reportedly said the commander

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and his men were taken on a
way while on their way back to the

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waterfront after a leadlocked roundtable discussion in
the Oklahama community all over the kidnapped youth.

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The source reiterated, we were coming
back to our votes after the own

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fruitful discussion to release the kidnapped victim
of Okouluba community. Suddenly there were arrants

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of bullets coming from all directions and
some of us managed to escape. Many

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people were killed during the ambush,
including a former honorable member from Okoloba community

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who reported the matter to the JTF, but the commander and other officers were

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held hostage and taken to an unknown
destination towards the creek opposite the community.

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The military source said that twenty two
military men were confound dead at Okuama community

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and among them are one lieutenant colonel, two majors, one captain and getting

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soldiers. We learned that the lifeless
body of the kidnapped youth, mister antony

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Abo, had been recovered floating on
river for Kedoos. A resident of Okoloma

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community reportedly said, we found the
lifeless body of mister antony Aba floating on

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river for Kedos near Ayakoloba community and
like other victims, he was blindfolded with

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handstarts behind his back. Meanwhile,
the senator representing Builta’s Central Senatorial District,

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Senator Ed Davlon, has called on
the people involved in the carriage at Okuama

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community in New Guinea South Local Government
area to ship the assorts for the selk

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of humanity the Nelta Central Nomica also
called on the states and federal government to

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urgently intervene today escalate the crisis.
In a news report capturing the senator’s statement,

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it was recalled that the leadership of
Aquama community had raised a larm of

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alleged military invasions of their community of
donsday March fourteen, twenty twenty four,

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following a land dispute with numbering community
of Okoluba in Bomedi Local Government area,

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which led to the death of three
young men, with women and children displaced

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and with many building raised down.
Senator Definol, while reacting to the report

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of the death of the soldiers three
Okuama communities youths and the alleged burning down

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of properties in Oakuama community, described
the incident as very unfortunate. While sympathizing

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with the military authority over the loss
of their men, called on them to

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observe the military rules of engagement while
dealing with civilians. He also called on

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the leaders and the people of Aquama
to remain come, urging the federal and

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state government to expedite action to arras
the ugly situation from degenerating into another humanitarian

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crisis. According to Senator dafinil Aroon
wants to appeal for come by the warring

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factions in the unfortunate incident that occurred
in Oakuama community in the gaining Suf Local

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Government area of Delta States on Thursday
and Friday, leading to the midles’s death

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of about eighteen persons, including soldiers. The Federal government must, as a

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matter of agency, set of a
high power independent panel to investigate the remote

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causes of this crisis in order to
bring whoever that may be involved in the

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killing of Nigerian civilians and soldiers to
be brought to book. I wish to

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appeal to the authority of the Nigerian
Army to act discreetly in this situation,

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that they should not allow their emotions
take better part of their professional judgment by

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turning down their operations and observe the
rules of engagement while dealing with civilians at

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Okauhama. I also wish to call
on our people in Oakuama to show any

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act of violence that could former escalate
this crisis, which could have been avoided

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if both parties allowed reason to pregel. The National Emergency Management Agency should also

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reach out and provide relief materials to
the people of Okuama, many of whom

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have been rendered compless and are now
living in surrounding bushes. Senator Ede that

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will Delta Central Senatorial District, sixteenth
March twenty twenty four. Lady wad the

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need in the world