Again, Gunmen Kill Two Soldiers in Rivers - THISDAYLIVE via thisdaylive
Barely one week after one soldier and six persons were killed in Abonnema, Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State during the Presidential and National Assembly elections, two soldiers have again been killed at a military checkpoint along Obonoma-Abonnema Road in the same local government area.
It was gathered that the two gunmen, who rode a motorcycle, stormed the military checkpoint, popularly called “Samson Jack checkpoint” at about 8:00pm and opened fire on the soldiers. According to the source: “Two camouflaged civilians; they wore military uniform and opened fire on two soldiers and they died. They took Obonoma Road with a bike and went away.”
“The people of Abonnema and the Abonnema Council of Chiefs are very shocked to hear about these attacks again. As I said earlier, these people are not from Abonnema because Abonnema people cannot be involved in anything like that.” There are also videos trending in the social media showing people fleeing the community, carrying few personal belongings.
Speaking at the palace of the traditional ruler, Briggs-Oniyide, lamented that more than 35 youths had been killed since election day.
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