The Bayelsa state government in a press release expresses fears over the recent killings of soldiers in Bayelsa and a replay of the Odi crisis, in a press statement released by his Chief Press secretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson
The statement reads:
“The Bayelsa State governor has condemned in very strong terms, the
recent unprovoked attack and killing of four security personnel in Nembe
Creek and three Naval personnel in Foropa community in Nembe and
Southern Ijaw local government areas of the state and other parts of the
Niger Delta region. According to him, such unwarranted attacks on the
nation’s security personnel were putting the state and the region in bad
light, and also putting the innocent ones in the state and the Niger
Delta region in danger. While warning that the government of Bayelsa
State does not want a replay of the Odi massacre in 1999, during the
administration of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, where only the
innocent people suffered the brunt of the military invasion, the
governor called on community leaders and other stakeholders to check the
activities of youths in their domains. As part of the steps to check
the activities of the youths, the unwholesome trend and improve the
security situation in the state, he said community leaders, elders and
other stakeholders would be summoned to a meeting at a date to be
announced later"the statement read
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