- The palpable apprehensive atmosphere is engendered by the killing of fourteen soldiers in the beleaguered community
A dark cloud of uncertainty and trepidation currently hover above Okuama community in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State.
The palpable apprehensive atmosphere is engendered by the killing of fourteen soldiers in the beleaguered community by suspected rampaging youths who were avenging the deaths of their contemporaries.
The body of the slain soldiers were recovered on Saturday by the Nigerian Army joint task force under the supervision of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 division, Major General Jamal Abdussalam.
According to reports, some of the remains of the late military men were mutilated and decapitated.
Some of the recovered corpses were said to have been beheaded, while the stomachs and hearts of others were ripped off.
At the NDDC jetty in the coastal Delta community, the bodies of the commanding officer and the two majors killed were seen floating by the river bank as others were separated on land.
Meanwhile, the entire communities in Bomadi and Ughelli south local government areas of Delta State have been cordoned off by operatives of the 6 Division Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, who also oversees the 63 brigade in Asaba, the Delta State capital.
The Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, has ordered a probe into the tragic killing of the four senior officers and 12 soldiers.
However, some Nigerians, especially on X, have called on the military to unleash terror on the community and reduce it ashes.
A popular sport photojournalist, Pooja, asks the military to ‘level the place’.