Soldiers have located the alleged militant leader responsible for the deaths of sixteen soldiers at Okuama Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, and have linked him to the riverine Igbomoturu community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Bayelsa State. There, they destroyed some militant-owned homes and killed some youths who resisted their incursion.
Around eight in the morning on Sunday, the military arrived in seven gunboats and a passport boat, surrounded the village, and made the people go into the bush for safety.In order to apprehend those suspected of escaping to the Akugbene hamlet in the Bomadi Local Government Area, troops also descended upon it.
On suspicion of harbouring the fugitive chairman of the Okuama community and other suspects, the troops hauled the chairman of the Akugbene community and numerous others to Bomadi, the council area headquarters.On Monday, however, Delta State Governor Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori paid a visit to the Nigerian military’s 181 Amphibious Battalion at Bomadi.
The town by the river saw heightened security in anticipation of Oborevwori’s visit. A helicopter circled overhead as combined security forces positioned armoured vehicles at key spots starting in the wee hours of the day.
The governor met with the army authority behind closed doors for more than an hour at the Niger Delta Development Commission, located on NDDC Road in Bomadi, after proceeding directly to the military base.
According to the findings, the governor’s visit had something to do with the troops’ deaths last week and the ensuing destruction of the Okuama village.
Vanguard tried in vain to talk to the governor during his visit, though, as he remained silent.