DAILY POST gathered on Saturday that soldiers had an altercation with some alleged oil thieves in the area, which led to the death of one of their men.A source within the community, who confirmed the development, alleged that the fully armed soldiers have taken over the community and are allegedly destroying property.
He said, “It was because of this bunkery issue. They tried to stop some bunkery boys yesterday. They had a gun fight and one of the army officers went down yesterday. “So, currently there are so many soldiers in the community, they are stopping movement. No movement in Ndele right now. “They’re not shooting but anybody that they see moving around, they beat the person. They are patrolling right now in the community.”
The Public Relations Officer of the Six Division, Nigerian Army, Iweha Onyekonachi, is yet to respond to text messages as regards the development.
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