An uneasy calm is currently brewing among the people of Okoloba and Okuama communities of Delta State following the withdrawal of soldiers from the area.
Ekweabaedo reports that the communal crisis between Okoloba and Okuama communities led to the killing of 17 soldiers of the Nigerian Army.
The women of Okoloba community in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State on Saturday protested against the return of armed youths to the area.
The women clad in black and led by chair lady of Okoloba Community Mrs Timipakebi Goodwin, staged a peaceful protest along the coastal fringe of Okoloba community, chanting against violence and bloodbath, while also calling on the Federal Government to come to their aid.
They carried placards with inscriptions such as ‘We say No to violence’, ‘Enough of the killings on our land’, ‘We say no to the return of armed youths of Okuama in a commando style’, ‘Resettle Okuama people among their Ewu brothers in Ughelli South LGA’, ‘We mourn the killing of the 17 soldiers’, among others.
Mrs Goodwin, in a protest letter, which was copied to the Police, DSS, NSCDC, JTF as well as the Acting Chairman of Bomadi LGA, noted that the armed youths could kill at the slightest provocation.
It would be recalled that a fresh crisis erupted in Okuama, less than 24 hours after the exit of the troops from the community, culminating in the killing of one person while three others were seriously injured.
