A young man has taken responsibility for the death 17 soldiers in Okuama community of the Ughelli South local government area of Delta state.
In a trending TikTok video, the who dismissed reports that the soldiers were on a peace mission to the community, said he was the leader of the gang that killed the soldiers.
He accused the soldiers of taking side in a community clash between Okuama community which is Urhobo and Okoloba, an Ijaw community, adding that they had no regret in killing the soldiers.
The gang leader, who claimed that his father, a retired Nigerian Army Captain, died last year, said the soldiers earlier came and took away some people and allegedly killed them, only to come back to arrest Okuama community leaders.
Speaking in Pidgin English, he said in the video, which he repeatedly said would be his last: “Okuama and Okoloba get land issue. Small crisis come dey dey. Ijaw people wey Federal Government give power … dat man go use army carry people from Okoloba community. Now dey don dey come back to come carry community leaders. And once they carry community leaders, you know the youths are powerless.”
