Eyewitnesses To the March 14th killings In Okuama, Delta State, have disclosed How perpetrators Who Attacked Soldiers And villagers Were Dressed

Eyewitnesses To the March 14th killings In Okuama, Delta State, have disclosed How perpetrators Who Attacked Soldiers And villagers Were Dressed

According to the witness, the assailants arrived in four speedboats from the Bomadi side and immediately began firing at both soldiers and residents along the community’s riverside while clad in military camouflage……READ ALSO Ex-Militant Leader Egberipapa Abducted, Two Aides Killed In Rivers State Attack

Speaking to Vanguard, the eyewitness, a resident of Okuama, recounted that upon the soldiers’ arrival in the community, they sought to meet with the chairman, who had returned from working in the fields.

However, the soldiers forcefully escorted the chairman towards the waterside, prompting opposition from women in the community, which resulted in gunfire.

The witness narrated, “They insisted on going with him (the chairman); they dragged him with others. We held them and dragged them back. From there, the army started shooting, and some villagers fell, and there was a commotion.

“We later heard that as the soldiers were going to the jetty, other boats with people wearing soldiers’ uniforms came, and they started shooting everyone, which is how they killed the soldiers and our people.

“It was when they started shooting again that we fled into this bush with our children; we have not seen some of our children since then. We have been suffering in this bush since March 14.

“We do everything inside this bush. There is no food or drugs, and I have worn this single wrapper since that day. We are hungry and suffering. Two of my children are with me; I do not know where my husband is. I do not know where the other children are, everyone is scattered, whether they are dead now, we do not know.

“We do not know when we will return to Okuama; our businesses have crumbled, and everything is gone. We cannot do anything inside the bush now. I do not know whether my children are amongst those killed; there is no one to ask.”

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