Leaders of Gbaramatu kingdom in Warri South
West Local Government Area of Delta State raised the alarm over the weekend
about the planned invasion of the kingdom by the military under the guise of
searching for members of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), the militant group
that has been attacking oil facilities in the region.
The Benenibowei of Gbaramatu
Kingdom, Godspower Gbenekama, who raised the alarm at a press conference
in Warri, said people have been fleeing the various Ijaw communities when it
became known that the military had concluded arrangements to invade the
kingdom.
“Please help us tell the whole world that the
military has concluded plans to invade Gbaramatu communities under the guise of
looking for members of the Niger Delta Avengers. It is the innocent people of
our communities that will suffer should the military go ahead to bombard our
communities. We don’t harbour members of the Niger Delta Avengers. The
agitation cuts across the region; so why singling out only Gbaramatu kingdom?”
he lamented.
Gbenekama, who is also the spokesperson of
the Gbaramatu Traditional Council, said information available to them was that
the kingdom might be invaded by the military noting that soldiers had already
been massed in the region ready to launch attack any moment from now.
“The Delta State Commissioner for Information
gave an announcement that there is going to be military training in the creeks
for two weeks. It is just not the training, we already know that they are
training people to attack our people, they are bringing military men to attack
our people. This has happened to us before”, he said.
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