Fear And Panic As Soldiers Shoot Sporadically In Opozara Community

 

   Oporoza community has been under siege by Nigeria military who has even started shooting randomly in the community they laid siege on,which is the talraditional headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South-west of Delta State. The sporadic shootings rise up at about 8:44 am,bringing about fears and tremblings in the community.
   It was reported that villagers allegedly run into the bush in hiding as they set their eyes on the soldiers with gunboats. The Gbaramatu kingdom has been taken over by Soldiers who claimed their presence was to find and arrest Government Ekpemupolo and the members of Niger Delta Avengers.
    Reacting on the sporadic shootings, Ijaw Leader, Chief Godspower Gbenekama said "Soldiers are shooting in Oporoza,I don't know the casualty but they are shooting and our village is on turmoil"
   I am crying on behalf of my people we have been saying before now that we don't know what the military is looking for in our village.They have been here twice in the past few weeks before now.We said then that they were looking for excuses to start shooting but now they have start shooting with no credible reason thereby terrorising our people,he stressed.
  Mr Austin Ozobo, National President of Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative, has urged the federal government to call those overzealous soldiers to order.
    A villager reported that "The military is currently shooting randomly in Opozara but we do not know weather it was aimed at anybody because we are still in the forest.we ran into and are still in the forest now.