The Nation Newspaper Army 17: Black Thursday in Okuama
I was tempted to title this piece: The Okuama massacre, but stopped from doing so for reasons best known to me. But make no mistakes about it. What happened in Okuama, a riverine community in Ughelli South Local Government of Delta State, on Thursday, March 14, was a massacre. What makes it a massacre?
There is nothing to rationalise about it. What is wrong is wrong and should be condemned by all right-thinking people. To be candid, what happened in Okuama that fateful Thursday was nothing short of a massacre – the gruesome murder and butchering of 17 soldiers, comprising a Lieutenant Colonel, two Majors, one Captain and 13 rank and file. Our well known noise-makers are not shouting themselves hoarse because the victims are Servicemen. This is where they miss it.
This instant case cannot be different. None of us can really say what happened in Okuama, except members of the community, who witnessed it all. These people are more than likely to colour the story to make the soldiers look like villains. They have started already. But they inadvertently gave themselves away in an audio clip now trending in the social media.
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