Residents flee Rivers community after killing of soldiers
Multiple sources among the locals confirmed the disturbing development to PREMIUM TIMES, a week after several persons were killed by soldiers retaliating the killing of a colleague by armed hoodlums in Abonnema, Akuku Toru LGA of Rivers State.
This paper understands the police in Rivers are wary of speaking on the matter as the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army based in Port Harcourt is yet to react.Gunmen, reportedly wearing army camouflage according to security sources, attacked a military checkpoint called Samson Jack Checkpoint along Obonoma-Abonnema Road Saturday night.
The Saturday attack came just a week after the bloody election day incident involving hoodlums and soldiers in the town. The election day violence forced the to declare no voting exercise in Akuku Toru LGA. Five other LGAs also were not included in the final results from Rivers State in last Saturday’s presidential election due to violence.
The army paraded two Rivers officials, Reason Onya and Lokpobiri Wanaka, last Tuesday, as suspects linked to Mr Wike as well as electoral violence and malpractices in the state.
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