Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Nigerian soldiers set on fire Okuama community and leveled to the ground in Delta state after murdering 16 army officers.
Many residents of the Okuama in the Ughelli South Local Government Area and Okolaba in the Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, on Friday, fled the communities as soldiers took over the area and reportedly set some houses ablaze in reaction to the killing of 16 soldiers, including senior officers.
Channels Television reported late on Saturday that 15 bodies of the soldiers were recovered by soldiers of the Joint Task Force under the supervision of the General Officer Commanding 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Jamal Abdussalam, at the Okuama community.
According to a reliable source, the conflict began escalating on Thursday when soldiers, accompanied by fighters from the neighbouring Okoloba community, donning military attire, descended on Okuama with demands concerning the President General and the youth Chairman.
A community leader in Okuama revealed to journalists that a former NIMASA official, who holds significant influence in the opposing Okoloba community, allegedly provided the military with eight million naira to instigate this tragic chain of events.
Some of the recovered corpses had their heads severed off, while the stomachs of others were ripped off with some of the vital organs missing.
At the NDDC jetty in the community, the bodies of the commanding officer and two Majors were seen floating by the river bank as others were separated on land.