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Edwin Clark, convener of Pan Niger Delta Forum , says military personnel searching for killers of 17 soldiers raided his house inOn March 14, some personnel of the Nigerian Army — comprising a lieutenant colonel, two majors, one captain, and 12 soldiers —The military had vowed to hunt down the killers of the soldiers.
“He said that a tracker of the Nigerian Army had tracked one Mr. Vote, the community chairman of Okuoma community whom the army was looking for in respect of the killings of the 17 men of the Nigerian Army, to a house in Ughelli and that the military men had broken into the house, ransacked it before they were informed that the house belongs to me, that he was very sorry and apologising to me on behalf of the army.
“I assured him that we would all work within our powers to avail the security agencies with any available information that would unravel the whole thing and bring the perpetrators to book. We ended the discussion on a cordial note. “Some of them went to the buildings behind the main house and also broke all the doors that were locked. They marched out my staff living in those buildings, including lecturers at the university, and made them sit on bare ground.”Clark said the soldiers also raided the home of his late brother, Akporode Blessing Clark, who was a former Nigerian permanent representative to the United Nations .“They brought out his son almost naked.
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