By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South, Jimitota Onoyume, Ozioruva Aliu, Akpokona Omafuaire & Chancel SundayChairman of the Board, Air Vice Marshal David Ajayi, told Governor Sheriff Oborevwori in Warri: “We are on a fact-finding mission and not to apportion blame. We are here to gather facts from security agencies, community leaders, and community dwellers.
The Pere of Akugbene-mein Kingdom, Bomadi Local Government Area, HRH Kalanama VIII, told Vanguard on phone that they did not invite his community to the sitting., Madam Esther Obarogheruo, displaced among others, following the ongoing military cordon-and-search operation by the Nigerian Army, has screamed for help from Delta State government and the local council authorities.
“I am aware that Ewu kingdom which Okuama community is part of, is making an appearance. However, they cannot have first-hand information. I expected that before the panel, the military would have allowed the people to come back to the community, so the people could have confidence in the system. An independent body like the Police and a commission of inquiry would be a good panel to investigate and come out with dispassionate findings, but not the“It is the minimal requirement of the natural justice that the authority to make a finding must be composed of impartial persons, acting fairly without interference, prejudice, and bias.
“At one point, he said the soldiers went for a peace mission, at another point, he said the whole thing was bunkering-related. Again, the people of Okuama may not be relaxed before a military panel.”An Okoloaba community leader told Vanguard that the military panel invited the leadership of the community, and other neighboring communities to a roundtable discussion on its fact-finding mission to the state.
The Executive Assistant on Communications to the Governor, Dr. Latimore Oghenesivbe, noted that the governor, in the paper, would detail elaborately the role of the government in maintaining peace between the border communities, Okuama and Okoloba, before the recent killing of the soldiers.
“I am using this medium to call on the state government to help us. People have lost their livelihoods, as well as properties. The government should help us.”Meanwhile, the Benin monarch, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, has expressed grief over the massacre of 17 Nigerian Army personnel who were on a peace mission to Okuama.
Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)
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