An unidentified man has claimed responsibility for the killing of seventeen military officers in Delta State.
ThisNigeria reported that the soldiers were killed in Okuama Community, Delta, while on a peacekeeping mission.
It was reported that Okuama and Okoloba communities were at loggerheads over a land.
Breaking his silence, the man, in a video posted on TikTok claimed to be the leader of the gang that brutally murdered the military officers.
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He alleged that the soldiers came to take sides with Okoloba community in the land dispute.
“Okuama and Okoloba get land issue. Small crisis come dey dey. Ijaw people wey Federal Government give power. That 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.”
He also stated that they had no regrets killing the soldiers as it was payback for what their colleagues allegedly did.
