Okuama Killings: Army Looking for Scapegoats Bayelsa Residents

By Nelson Utip

As the military has thrown Sangana in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa state into panic and disarray, a resident of the community has raised an alarm that the military is looking for who to kill and give a tag.

Speaking of Newsmen on Thursday, he said that the military personnel stormed the community with a drone on Wednesday evening to fish out the killers of soldiers in Okuama in Delta state in a show of strength as if in a war situation.

The informant said that the military personnel created panic and disarray in the community without discussing with elders of the community.

Sangana is a neighbour to Egbematoru in Southern Ijaw, where soldiers recently invaded and killed some residents at a jetty.

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“The military is now showing force in Sangana over the killing at Okuama. Why is the military intimidating people like this?

“The military is looking for who to kill and tag names. My community, which is battling with the Atlantic Ocean surge, is now put in panic mode. My community is panicking right now.

“The military came to Sangana yesterday (Wednesday). They didn’t even let the community know that they were coming but when they came around 5 pm, they performed as if there was a war.

“They followed a drone they brought. They brought a drone which they used to trace the people who were involved in the killing of the 16 military personnel in Okuama community in Delta State.

“They did not see anyone like that and that has become a threat to us now. People are beginning to have high blood pressure. There is a problem on the ground now. Sangana as a whole does not have any issue with anybody, but we are so surprised how military men just came to attack the community.