The Ijaw National Congress, INC, has raised allegations of extrajudicial killings by the Nigerian military in Egbemotoru community, Bayelsa State.
Speaking during a programme on Arise Television on Sunday, the President of the Ijaw National Council, Professor Benjamin Okaba, disclosed that the criminals responsible for the recent killing of seventeen military officers in Delta State have fled the area, leaving innocent civilians in the communities to bear the brunt of their actions.
They were unsuspecting civilians who were just by the jetty, not suspecting any at all, and the next thing, they saw six gunboats and thought it was the usual patrols because they had some critical oil facilities in that area. “Before they knew what was going on, they heard gunshots and several persons were gunned down.
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