Ogoni community allege plot of another military raid
Following recent arrival of four military trucks in
Bori, the traditional headquarter of the Ogoni people, the paramount ruler of
the Bua Yeghe community, Chief Barinaadaa Gbaranee has raised an alarm of a
possible invasion of the community by the Army.
Chief Gbaranee spoke yesterday during the visit of Senator
Olaka Wogu, former representative of the Rivers South East and the candidate of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the fourth-coming parliamentary rerun
elections in Rivers state.
Chief Gbaranee said the people were full of fear and will
return to the bush to avoid the brutality and killings that was meted on them
during last week's raid.
"We are not at war with anybody, no body is fighting
but i can't understand why the military was drafted in to kill our people"
Chief Gbaranee said yesterday.
In what the Army claimed was targeted at capturing a
militant leader in Yeghe, some Ogoni communities were raided last week leading
to the death of two pregnant women, killing of traders, students and innocent
members of the communities of Yeghe, Zaakpon, Kaani and other surrounding
villages in Ogoni.
Although a full report is not yet available, an estimated 42
persons may have lost their lives as the military shot residents during the
raid.
Parliamentary re-run elections in Rivers State have been
scheduled for March 19, 2016.
Report by Fegalo Nsuke
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