Oshare, who spoke in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, monitored by DAILY POST, revealed details surrounding the incident that resulted in the death of 17 officers deployed for a peacekeeping mission in the Okuama community of Delta State last week. According to Oshare, the military personnel were in the area as part of efforts to resolve a land dispute between Okuama and a neighbouring community.
“One community felt that the other had a military connection and they were being pressured unnecessarily. The pressure is more on Okuoma and they don’t have anybody to speak for them. “In the whole narrative, you don’t hear the name of the other community. Where is Okoloba? In the last two days, Okoloba has disappeared because they are also afraid. “Sometimes, it is made to look as if it were an ethnic thing.
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