Tag: Okuama
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Letter to Gen. Musa on Okuama 5 forever in detention – By Abraham Ogbodo
I am writing to bring your attention back to Okuama. Perhaps it is not a very nice thing to do because Okuama invokes memories that are not too pleasant in the military. But my options are very slim, sir.
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One year after: Perpetrators of Okuama killings, yet to be apprehended-Prof Ahwefeada
A member of the World Council of Urhobo Professors, Prof. Sunny Ahwefeada, has said we have found it confusing that after one year, those responsible for killing 17 army personnel in Okuama in Delta State are yet to be apprehended by the security operatives. Ahwefeada, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on…
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Okuama: One year after the killings – By Abraham Ogbodo
It will be one year today, March 14, since the unfortunate killing of 17 soldiers, including four officers, at a location along the Forcados River in Delta State. While the point about the actual killers of the servicemen remains hanging, the Army, in the aftermath, pinned the killing down to persons in Okuama, a fishing
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One year after: Senator Dafinone demands justice for Okuama people
Senator Ede Dafinone, representing Delta Central Senatorial District in the 10th Senate, has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to ensure justice for the Okuama people following the military onslaught of March 14, 2024, which left the community in ruins.
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Release detained Okuama residents or charge them to court, Reps tell army
The House of Representatives has urged the Nigerian Army to release the detained innocent members of Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta or charge them to court. The call was sequel to the adoption of a motion moved by Rep. Francis Waive (APC-Delta) at plenary on
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Alleged Okuama killings: Court permits ex-Bayelsa LG chair to testify
A Federal High Court in Abuja has permitted Mr Lucky Okodeh, a former Caretaker Chairman, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa, to give oral evidence in his N2 billion suit against the Nigerian Army.
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Army’s continuing war on Okuama – By Pius Mordi
More than nine months after 17 soldiers were killed at Okuama during a mission the Army is yet to explain to Nigerians, the revenge operation in the community which left the community completely devastated with the indigenes forced to seek refuge in surrounding forests is festering.
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Just in: Another Okuama leader dies in army’s custody, 6 days after PG’s death
Six days after the death of Okuama community President General, Delta State, Pa James Oghoroko, in the Nigerian military detention, an 81 years old Dennis Okugbaye, Okuama community treasurer has reportedly died in the same circumstances. It was gathered that the news of the death of Pa Okugbaye which broke Tuesday has added to the…
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Omo-Agege demands probe of death of Okuama community leader in Army custody*
The Deputy President of the Senate in the 9th Assembly, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has called for a thorough and transparent probe of the reported death in military custody of the President General of Okuama development association, Pa James Achovwuko Oghoroko. The late community leader had been in detention by the Army after his arrest alongside…
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NDDC lights up Okuama IDP camp – By Francis Ewherido
“Light up” in the heading is figurative because the Okuama IDP Camp in Ewu, Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, was not in pitch darkness. They have a generating set and solar providing electricity.