3 K!lled, Several Others Injured In Community Clash In Delta State (Photos)

Three people have killed, several others have been injured, and houses have been set on fire following a violent altercation between the Okuama community in the Ughelli South Local Government Area and the Okoloba community in the Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta state

Many locals are now homeless as a result of the conflict that began on Thursday, according to reliable reports. The conflict began when unidentified armed individuals wearing military uniforms allegedly broke into the Okuama village early on Thursday morning and began firing intermittently from a gunboat.

According to David Akata, the vice present general of the Okuama community, unidentified gunmen entered the area at around eight in the morning and began firing randomly at whomever they saw, killing three Native Americans and injuring several others.

The injured were taken to a state hospital that has not been made public for medical attention.

According to Akata, “The armed men suspected to be Nigeria on Friday, March 14, 2024, carried out the genocide on the citizens of the community by setting their buildings and properties ablaze with chanting of war songs.

“We woke up to see our community surrounded with men in military uniform numbering in their tens and without just no reason they started shooting at sight leading to the death of three promising youths of the community and several others injured from gun bullets. The same military men repeated their genocide actions on the innocent and law-abiding citizens of the Okuama community on Friday, March 15, 2024, leaving many buildings to their rumbles as they carried offensive arson on the community buildings.

“As I speak, the number of persons who died in the barbaric attack could not be ascertained as many of the aged men, women, and youths fled into the nearby bushes and, and we suspect that some women and children might have drowned in the river because many ran into the river out of panic. This is disheartening that the Delta State government and security operatives in the state with a lackadaisical approach have not been able to quell the crisis between the two communities. We entered a peace accord with the state government and security operative in the state.

“We stand by the accord but often times the Okoloba people harassed our people by assaulting them, and our pleas on the state government to expedite action and called the Okolobians to order fell on deaf ears allowing the Okoloba community people to use their mercenaries military uniforms and bandits to kill our people”. [CONTINUE READING HERE]