March 14, 2025, marked one year since the grueÂsome murder of 17 army personnel in Okuama, a riverine community in Ughelli South Local GovÂernment Area of Delta State. The attack, which claimed the lives of the Commanding Officer of the 181 Amphibious Battalion, two majors, one captain, and 12 other personnel, sent shockwaves across the [&hell...
•Burning houses in Okuama community Delta State A member of the World Council of Urhobo Professors, Prof. Sunny Ahwefeada, says they have found it confusing that after one year, those responsible for killing 17 army personnel in Okuma in Delta State are yet to be found by the security operatives. Ahwefeada, who was a guest […]
A former Caretaker Chairman, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa, Mr Lucky Okodeh, has sued the Nigerian army for allegedly publishing his photograph among those wanted in connection to the killing of 17 soldiers in Okuama in Delta. Okodeh, in the suit filed before Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court, Abuja by […]
•Troops The acting traditional ruler of Igbomotoru 1 community, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, His Royal Highness Goodluck Alagodei, has raised the alarm over alleged attack, torture and arrest of returning indigenes and residents who fled the community following military invasion over the killing of 17 soldiers in Okuama,...
•Governor Sheriff Oborevwori Journalists plying their trade in Delta, especially in Warri, the commercial nerve centre of the state, were, yesterday, told that they were not invited to be part of the proceedings. The Director-General, Political and Security Services in Delta, Mr David Tonwe, disclosed the message yesterday hours after the pen ...
The Board of Inquiry constituted by Defence Headquarters to probe the March 17 killing of 17 soldiers at Okuama, Delta State, is scheduled to commence sitting today in Warri. Chairman of the Board, Air Vice Marshal David Ajayi, told Governor Sheriff Oborevwori in Warri: “We are on a fact-finding mission and to apportion blame. We […]
•HRM Clement Ikolo The Chief of Defence Staff, General ChrisÂtopher Gwabin Musa, has assured that the traditional ruler of Ewu Kingdom in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, HRM Clement Oghenerukevwe, is safe and secure in their care. The Chief of Defence Staff made the discloÂsure on Wednesday, last week, while appearing as [&...
Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs, and retired judges, yesterday said the Nigerian Police Force, NPF, ought to handle investigations into the recent murder of 17 soldiers, and an unconfirmed number of villagers at Okuama in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. The legal luminaries, who faulted the handing over of the traditional...
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