On Saturday, May 28, 2016, Nigerian soldiers invaded Oporoza, the traditional headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Delta State in what community leaders described as a brutal raid that including a range of human rights abuses.
The soldiers stormed the village in a midnight raid presumably in search of members of the new militant group operating in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Southern Nigeria. They arrived in gunboats around 2.00 am, on the day of the raid.
“They were asking the helpless villagers to produce former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, and members of the Niger Delta Avengers,” a youth leader told journalists.
An 80-year-old man was beaten with the butt of a gun and there were reports of gang rapes and widespread looting.
A new video been published by Sahara Reporters
in which victims and eye-witnesses of the Nigerian army brutality in
Oporoza, spoke on camera recounting their horrific ordeal at the hands
of the soldiers. The 80-year-old community leader, Chief Atiti Mala told
his story in the video.
So
heartbreaking is the story of a woman, Timi, whose identity was
protected. She said that three soldiers broke into her room as she slept
and proceeded to rape her in turns.
Gbaramatu Kingdom in the hometown of
former Niger Delta warlord and commander of defunct militant group,
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, Chief Government
Ekpemupolo also known as Tompolo.
Tompolo had condemned the brutal
invasion of his home community by the Nigerian army and asked Buhari to withdraw the soldiers. The Niger Delta Avengers had
noted with sadness the rapes of girls in Gbaramatu by Nigerians soldiers
and promised revenge.
In case
you are wondering if the Avengers were arrested by the troops in the
raid, NO! After terrorising innocent citizens and raping girls, the
Nigerian troops left without finding any member of the Niger Delta
Avengers.
Watch the heartbreaking video below:
Watch the heartbreaking video below:
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